Wordpress is an intuitive web publishing platform that makes it easy to publish blogs for free.  Software can be downloaded for blogs that are self-hosted or Wordpress offers free hosting in the cloud.

Uses

A blog can be used to provide information and build a community around elections monitoring projects.  It can provide insight and analysis on data collected, create a forum for discussion, provide instructions to supporters and more.

Numerous election monitoring projects have used blogs to enhance the information flow and communication around their activities.  Check out blogs posted by past elections monitoring projects in Sudan and India.

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