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1Citizen Monitoring in Nicaragua's Municipal ElectionsFanarahan'ny Olom-pirenena Maso Ny Fifidianana Monisipaly ao Nikaragoà
2Seventy-two hours before voters head to the polls in Nicaragua, the country is observing “electoral silence,” meaning that political parties cannot hold public gatherings until after the November 4 elections.Roa ambifitopolo ora mialoha ny handehanan'ireo mpifidy any amin'ny biraom-pifidianana any Nikaragoà, miatrika “fahanginana ara-pifidianana” ny firenena, izany hoe tsy misy antoko politika afaka manao famoriam-bahoaka raha tsy vita ny fifidianana amin'ny 04 Novambra.
3On that date, approximately 3.3 million Nicaraguans will head to the polls to elect mayors, vice-mayors, and council members in the 153 municipalities across the country.Amin'izany daty izany, tokony ho 3.3 tapitrisa eo ho eo ny Nikaragoana handeha hifidy ben'ny Tanana, lefitry ny ben'ny Tanana ary mpikambana ao anatin'ny filankevitr'ireo kaominina 153 manerana ny firenena.
4There have been some changes for these elections including a record number of candidates, more than 33,000, as a result of a change in the law that has increased the number of seats on municipal councils.Nisy fiovana vitsivitsy tamin'ireto fifidianana ireto, ao anatin'izany ny fitomboan'ny isan'ny mpirotsaka ho fidiana izay mahatratra 33.000, vokatry ny fanovan-dalàna izay nampiakatra ny isan'ny seza ho an'ireo mpikambana ao anatin'ny filankevitra.
5Another change in the law has also provided more opportunities for women to participate in local government requiring that 50% of the parties' candidates must be women [es].Manome fahafahana bebe kokoa ho an'ny vehivavy handray anjara ao amin'ny governemanta ao an-toerana ny fanovàna hafa tao amin'ny lalàna izay mitaky fa ny 50 isan-jaton'ny mpirotsaka ho fidiana dia tsy maintsy vehivavy[es].
6As has been more commonplace across the globe during an election cycle, citizens are eager to use digital technologies to play a role in monitoring and reporting the election.Koa satria efa mahazatra eran-tany ireo teknolojia dizitaly mandritra ny fotoanan'ny fifidianana, tsy andrin'ireo olom-pirenena ny hampiasa izany hitànan'izy ireo anjara asa anatin'ny fanaraha-maso sy ny fitaterana ny fifidianana.
7And in Nicaragua, a platform called “Plataforma de Observación Electoral Ciudadana Independiente” [es] (Independent Electoral Citizen Observation Platform”) is gearing up to encourage citizens to send reports via a web form, by SMS, or other social media sites, which will then be mapped using the Ushahidi platform.Ary any Nikaragoà, misy sehatra iray antsoina hoe “Plataforma de Observación Electoral Ciudadana Independiente” [es] (Sehatra Mahaleotena Fanarahan'ny Vahoaka maso Ny Fifidianana”) miomana hamporisika ny olom-pirenena handefa tatitra amin'ny alalan'ny aterineto, hafatra fohy SMS, na ireo vohikalanà media sosialy hafa, izay ho raketina anatinà sarintany iray avy eo amin'ny alalan'ny fampiasàna ny sehatra Ushahidi.
8The team behind the project will utilize Frontline SMS to receive and process the citizen reports.Hampiasa ny SMS ‘Frontline' ny ekipa ao ambadik'io tetikasa io hahazoan'izy ireo sy hitrandrahany ny tatitr'ireo olom-pirenena.
9They describe the platform [es] as “a tool for democratic empowerment of Nicarguan society.”Nofaritan'izy ireo ho “fitaovana fanamafisana ara-demokratika ny fiarahamonina Nikaragoana” io sehatra io [es].
10The project is organized by the citizen journalism site Huella Libre [es], in conjunction with La Brújula [es], which helped with spreading the word.Karakarain'ny vohikala fanaovan-gazetim-bahoaka Huella Libre [es] miaraka amin'ny La Brújula [es] izay nanampy nanaparitaka ny teny io tetikasa io.
11The site was designed by Paulo McNally.I Paulo McNally no nanome endrika ny vohikala.
12In addition to the direct reports to the site, they are encouraging netizens to use the hashtag #YoObservo [es] (I Observe) before and during the election day.Ho fanampin'ireo tatitra mivantana ao amin'ilay vohikala, mamporisika ireo mpampiasa aterineto hampiasa ny tenifototra #YoObservo [es] (Manara-maso Aho) aloha sy mandritra ny andro fifidianana.
13One of the organizers of the project, Orlando Rizo (@orlandorizo) [es], recently spoke about the plans for the platform:Iray amin'ireo mpikarakara io tetikasa io, Orlando Rizo (@orlandorizo) [es], no niresaka mikasika ny fandaharan'ilay sehatra: