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In the run up for this week's municipal elections in Portugal, the platform Campanha Limpa [1] (Clean Campaign) invites all citizens to help monitor electoral spending, by sending pictures of campaign materials such as posters, banners, signs [2], gifts and treats [3], rallies and events [4].
The platform, an initiative of Transparência e Integridade Associação Cívica (Transparency and Integrity, Civic Association), or TIAC, provides a map and instructions for participants, as well as legal documents [5] and real time statistics [6]:
os dados recolhidos sobre o número e o custo dos cartazes espalhados pelo país [são conferidos] e [comparados] com os orçamentos de campanha entregues pelos candidatos.
Citizens can report via mobile with an Android app [7].
The electoral campaign started on September 17 and lasts until Friday, September 27. The vote will take place on September 29. About 1,500 candidates (some more eccentric [8] than others) are running for 308 municipalities.