In an unprecedented effort to make the current elections in Sudan more transparent, voters there can report instances of election fraud through a mobile SMS text message system. The initiative is a joint effort by Sudanese citizen groups, mobile operators and the U.S. State Department.

“Election monitors or citizens can text in any election-related problems: missing ballots, polls closing too early, acts of voter intimidation,” said Katie Jacobs Stanton, new media director at the State Department. “We want this to be a free and fair election.”

Sudan’s first multiparty vote in 24 years started Sunday, even though opposition parties announced two weeks ago they were boycotting over claims of a rigged election.

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