During the Bolivian general elections on December 6, 2009 a number of Bolivian netizens used Web 2.0 tools such as blogs, Flickr, Youtube, Twitter and Facebook to share their perspectives of the election. Members of Voces Bolivianas [1] (Bolivian Voices), the Rising Voices grantee from El Alto, Bolivia, joined other Bolivian netizens for Elecciones Bolivia 2.0 citizen media coverage [2] and we reported that [3].
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Today (April 4th) Bolivians are voting again to elect governors and mayors of different departments and municipalities. This time Elecciones Bolivia 2.0 has gone a bit advanced [4] and they have deployed the USAHIDI [5] platform, which is a system based on free software for people to report using multiple tools like sms, email, twitter, web etc. The goal is to invite citizen journalists to report on [6] election campaigns, incidents on election day, personal stories related to election, irregularities about voting process, results of vote etc. The project is also looking for accredited bloggers:
By writing posts for at least 3 paragraphs, with photos and / or videos, you can be an accredited blogger.
When you're on the list of accredited and write a blog post about the elections, the label must include eligeBO. And the system will “pull” the post and publish it on the site.
Hugo Miranda explains how to submit a report in [7] Elecciones Bolivia 2.0:
Go to the http://elecciones2.0bolivia.com/ [2] site and click on this icon:
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This will take you to the 3rd step. In this url http://elecciones2.0bolivia.com/ushahidi/reports/submit [9] you will see a form. It is now a matter of filling it with the most pertinent information possible, you can also can upload photos.
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There are also options:
For SMS:Send a message to the number 73289385 By e-mail: Send an email to contacto@elecciones2.0bolivia.com [10]
By twitter:Write a message with the hashtag #eligeBO and indicate from where you are, for example, Santa Cruz #SC La Paz #LP. [11]
On Facebook: Join the Facebook page [12], and write a message. [13]
On the web site: Click on “Post your message” [14], fill out the form and send it. Remember to mention the city where you are.
Uploaded pictures on Twitpic are appearing in the Elecciones Bolivia 2.0 site [15].
[16]Twitpic from Andreags: In these elections they do not use indelible ink. Strange that no scandal emerged eligeBo # # Santa Cruz
Mario Duran is updating information about the election in his blog [17].
[18]Twitpic from Hugo Miranda: Another voting booth at Colegiio San Martin #LP #eligeBO
Edgar informs [19] about another citizen journalism project to report about the election.
Here are some Twitter messages from Voces Bolivianas members:
Boliviaindigena: [20] Although there are lists pasted on the wall of the polling centers in addition to sketches, some people can not find their names. # eligeBO
Boliviaindigena: [21] One positive side of Elections in Bolivia April 4. No vehicles. Silence and peace. That is Good for Our Health.
Jessicaolivares [22]: I am going to school Mary Vaca Diez to cast my vote and will continue with the voting day # eligeBO # SC
Please check out the Elecciones Bolivia 2.0 [23] site for the latest updates.
Note: All translations are done using machine translation