Open Source Tech Used To Monitor Afghan Election

Posted by samzenpus on Wednesday August 19, 2009 @03:28PM from the free-as-in-voting dept.

chrb writes "BBC News is reporting on how the Alive in Afghanistan project is helping to oversee the Afghan elections using open-source technologies. The site was set up by Brian Conley, who is also responsible for 'Alive in Baghdad', 'Alive in Mexico', and who was arrested for filming protests in China last year. The Afghan site uses FrontlineSMS and Ushahidi to process and visualize SMS texts from Afghani citizens, allowing reports from all over the country to be rapidly collated and re-distributed globally."

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Re:hope it works by causality · 2009-08-19 16:09 · Score: 5, Insightful

Bin Laden will never be captured or killed. He's one hellava resourceful SOB. That, and he has prophet-like status among his twisted followers that will die for him.
He makes a fine Emmanuel Goldstein.

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It is a miracle that curiosity survives formal education. - Einstein
Re:Yeah, but... by mrsurb · 2009-08-19 16:38 · Score: 5, Funny

Unfortunately a politician will win. They always do...