Nigeria’s First Facebook Election
Movements.org (blog)
26 April 2011
by Asch Harwood
Nigerians head to the polls today to complete a month long series of legislative, presidential, and gubernatorial elections. Already, international and domestic election observers have, for the first time since the end of military rule in 1998, signed off on Nigeria’s presidential elections, declaring them free, fair, and credible, albeit with irregularities. The elections have also marked the first time that new forms of connectivity—social media, mobile phones, and digital cameras—have given Nigerians opportunities to act as citizen observers, documenting and reporting on the electoral process.
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