Venezuela: Using Crowdsourcing to Report on Elections

Posted 20 September 2010 21:46 GMT

Countries	Venezuela
Topics	Elections, Citizen Media, Digital Activism
Languages	Spanish

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Venezuela

Through video, pictures and links, citizens can report on any event or incident related to the upcoming September 26 elections in Venezuela thanks to Dale Poder A Tu Voto [es] (Give your vote power), a site modeled after Ushahidi. The site uses crowdsourcing to promote transparency, participation and education.

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