Watch Elect
Watch Elect
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Who are WE ?
Who are WE ?
Watch Elect is a non-profit corporation based in South Africa with a focus on media technology and democracy. Watch Elect conceptualises and manages unique media campaigns and is engaged in ongoing election and democracy related research. Watch Elect engages in civic and voter education through the production of short videos and offers media related training and support.
During the entire period of the run up to election, Watch Elect proclaims a very particular observer position: See, Observe, Share. This position works on the premise that all citizens are observers and care about democratic principles. Watch Elect builds tools that support civil society workers in the field, bringing together years of experience onto digital platforms using digital research methodologies and technology.
Our Goal
Our Goal
The goal of Watch Elect is to serve as an elections intermediary by mobilising citizens to engage in election news, expectations, and voting. WE reports on electoral related matters in communities and their immediate surroundings. Our goal is two-fold: firstly, to share information about elections to citizens. And secondly, we gather data about the contexts around elections, pulling together information that gives us the most expansive insights into election related issues: conflict and violence, political party relations, regime changes and consistencies, and the integrity of the electoral process. In ‘non’ election times WE continues to mobilise and educate on digital platforms to monitor the democratic institutions and performance of the state on matters that impact on the lives of citizens. WE is an election period hub.
What WE do:
What WE do:
1. Social Media/ Media Campaigns
Social media campaigns are able to reach millions of voters, particularly youth voters through platforms available to masses of people.
2. Education
Voter drives: Watch Elect partners with other civil society organisations to build trust across communities so voters feel confident to vote and to observe what is taking place around them in the run up to elections.
In person workshops and a series of videos focusing on the pillars of democracy, elections and media.
3. Observation and monitoring
Voter monitoring: WE monitors elections to ensure that they remain credible, fair and accessible to all voters without discrimination. WE also participates in collecting data from monitors to package reports about the efficacy of an election.
Watch Elect also offers:
Research
Podcast
Think tank discussions
Tool development to track election related conflict hotspots
Tool development to track impact of civil society volunteers
Building an active movement with other organisations
South Africa:
Elections 2024 & 2026
South Africa:
Elections 2024 & 2026
Watch Elect is a citizen movement with a difference. Watch Elect takes very seriously the role of being a voice to and for the people. WE: “Watch Elect” have shifted to engage the democratic period of elections innovatively and technologically aware.
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