Whether eligible to vote or not, anyone can take part in the election for Bangkok’s next leader with just a few taps on their smartphone.
Hundreds of volunteers are wanted for a crowdsourced poll-watching effort to monitor voting in Sunday’s gubernatorial election to bolster confidence and transparency.
Volunteers will get to work at 5pm Sunday – when polls close and counting kicks off – by snapping pictures of the results board posted outside polling stations and updating the current vote tallies at Vote 62.
The data will be processed and compared to the vote results from the Election Commission for consistency.
A repeat of a similar effort during the 2019 general election, the campaign is meant to prevent corruption and promote transparency. Volunteers can sign up online.
Vote 62 is a crowdsourcing platform created by tech firm Opendream….
