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Crowdsourcing a Fair Election in Bulgaria

Categories: Eastern & Central Europe, Bulgaria, Citizen Media, Digital Activism, Elections, Law, Politics, Technology

The government of Boyko Borisov [1] fell on Feb. 20, 2013 after a month of incessant protests, and in less than five days, on May 12, Bulgarian citizens will elect a new parliament (an in-depth GV text is here [2]).

There are doubts, however, about the fairness of the upcoming vote. To help monitor the violations of the electoral process, Bulgarian activists have created several online tools.

 

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On Twitter, netizens can report violations and post updates using these hashtags: #bgizbori2013, #izbori2013, and #izbori (izbori means ‘elections’ in Bulgarian).