Venezuelan media platforms use crowdsourcing to monitor campaigns and elections

Venezuelan media and transparency advocates have launched platforms to ensure that voters in the Dec. 6 parliamentary elections have an outlet to report irregularities in the electoral process. The website Guachimán Electoral (Election Watchman) launched on Nov. 13 and soon began accepting complaints from Venezuelan residents concerning violations of voting rights or election laws The new Guachimán Electoral platform registers and verifies complaints concerning irregularities in the electoral process ahead of elections in Venezuela. (Screen shot of the platform). Include as much information as possible: what happened, where, when, who was involved and how do you know it happened? If you can, include videos and photos that will help expedite the verification process. The team also encourages citizens to use FotoAhora, a program that uses geolocation to tag a photo with place, time and date. More…