Journalists went to the polls to report live, interviewing observers, members of the polling stations and the public to make sure things were proceeding normally.

Members of the media monitoring team assess coverage during the elections. This election has confirmed the important role that media can play in ensuring regularity at the polls.

In the evening, radio, TV stations and the online press provided live results that were also posted at polling stations. This helped to prevent fraud.

Journalists were credited with getting out the election results early and professionally.

All day long, people and political leaders were calling the radio and TV stations to tell them about cases of wrongdoing, so that journalists could fact check and report.

ICFJ is training citizens to use cell phones to give voice to local issues.