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16/06/2014

Launching Of The World’s First Election-Monitoring Mobile Application

“Lebanon’s first election-monitoring mobile application was successfully launched on Thursday, 12 June 2014, allowing citizens to monitor and report violations in the 2014 parliamentary elections set for November” was reported by the Daily Star Newspaper. In a pioneering project, ArabiaGIS worked with the Lebanese Association for Democratic Elections (LADE) and with the support of the National Democratic Institute (NDI) to unveil the election-monitoring mobile app.

“Lebanon’s first election-monitoring mobile application was successfully launched on Thursday, 12 June 2014, allowing citizens to monitor and report violations in the 2014 parliamentary elections set for November” was reported by the Daily Star Newspaper. In a pioneering project, ArabiaGIS worked with the Lebanese Association for Democratic Elections (LADE) and with the support of the National Democratic Institute (NDI) to unveil the election-monitoring mobile app.

The application, available on Android, Blackberry and Apple's app store, comprises two sections: a news feature covering developments and an interactive section to report violations. The purpose of the application is to involve citizens in the monitoring process and increase awareness on the types of violations. “People see a lot of violations around them, and they don’t have platforms where they can report them,” said Yara Nassar, executive director of LADE, expressing hope that the new app would give citizens a voice in the upcoming elections. Users will be able to report acts of violence, bribery and the use of public resources for electoral purposes, alongside other complaints listed under the feature. Users can also upload photo and video evidence through the app. The violations sent by citizens will automatically appear on LADE’s maps on the website once they are verified as free of insults or inappropriate images. After disseminating the violation and attached documents (photo, video), local monitors will be sent to confirm the complaints received through the app in order to verify or remove from the map.