This is awesome, and I am really glad to see this technology continuing to be used in interesting and new ways. Tim from Free Range International gave me the heads up, and this is me enthusiastically spreading the word!
I talked about this stuff before during the last conflict in Gaza and about using SMS for COIN operations (not that this is military related, but it is still good for the war effort and getting the people enthused), and it is always cool to see what others are doing with the various technologies out there.
So with that said, I give you Alive in Afghanistan. Just go to the site and navigate through all the interesting reportage coming from the field. Now remember, this stuff is being sent in by all sorts of folks with phones or who have access to computers. I am sure the SMS option will be the most popular do to the remoteness of some polling stations. I could be wrong, but that would seem more logical. And I hope to see many Afghanis voting in this sucker, despite the threats from the Taliban. –Matt
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Alive in Afghanistan
Alive in Afghanistan is an independent, non-partisan project, formed in response to the huge success of Alive in Baghdad and Alive in Gaza and the result of the hard work and collaboration of many partners and individuals. Alive in Afghanistan empowers Afghan citizens to participate in society by reporting on their political process. Alive in Afghanistan is launching in time for the August 20th presidential elections so that people across Afghanistan can report fairly on the elections and related events through SMS, email, and the web.