Twitter to revive election labels for 2020 candidates

Published December 13, 2019 3:08am ET



Twitter is bringing back election labels to help users identify the accounts and tweets of people running for office.

The first time Twitter used the labels was during the 2018 midterm elections. Similar to the blue check marks that appear next to the names of verified users, the labels will include what office a candidate is running for and where.

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