Polls monitors’ plans cover social media

Polls monitors’ plans cover social media

Election monitors are to pay special attention to social media in the run-up to the November 16 presidential election.Monitoring groups say they have drawn up plans to cover not only the campaign period, but also the election day events and post-election day happenings.The Center for Monitoring election Violence (CMEV) Coordinator Manjula Gajanayake said they would deploy 5,000 observers on polling day, while another 160 observers would be assigned to every electorate during the campaign period. The group would also deploy mobile units consisting of 300 observers, including 100 disabled people.