See new election reporting platform called Pollwatchng.com

Pollwatchng is basically a website that allows users submit situation reports about the electoral process in their locale.

Users can upload images with a description/caption/comment and then submit by choosing the mood the picture is expressing, users can also choose from either “peaceful” or “irregularity”.

Pollwatchng creators, Vanguard for Credible Elections (VCE) told Techcabal that the platform is building on the success of osunpollreport.com website (currently off-host) and mobile app which were deployed for similar purpose during the Osun State gubernatorial poll last year.

The benefit of this platform is immediately obvious in that it can help Nigerians on the platform know the situation of the election across the country, real time, but it’s possible that Pollwatchng have missed the boat.

The website is coming barely days before the elections, in a space where early birds like NigeriaDecides and iWitness are still grasping for traction,  it’s hardly possible that it will onboard enough users to get a representative mood of the elections.

VCE said they “were keen to ensure that this tool was readily available for all mobile users across all platforms [hence] we specifically built a mobile website rather than a mobile app”.

To Pollwatchng’s credit though, the website renders decently both on the PC and mobile.

The website is minimal presenting only the very essential details, with an uncomplicated registration process, notably devoid any identifying information.

Source: techcabal