{"id":399926,"date":"2010-03-07T12:24:07","date_gmt":"2010-03-07T17:24:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/globalvoicesonline.org\/?p=126765"},"modified":"2010-03-07T12:24:07","modified_gmt":"2010-03-07T17:24:07","slug":"iraq-its-election-day-on-twitter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/399926","title":{"rendered":"Iraq: It’s Election Day on Twitter!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Exclusive #iraq10 picture from polling station in #Baghdad: www.mict-international.org\/1a.jpg <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

It's election day in Iraq and the Twittersphere has been abuzz with updates since the early morning. <\/p>\n

To keep tweeps updated, a special service is up at @iraqelections<\/i><\/a> where “30 correspondents from across Iraq will twitter report on election events from 10am hour by hour as they witness them on the ground.”    <\/p>\n

@iraqelections<\/i><\/a> urges readers to: <\/p>\n

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Follow our coverage of #iraqelections<\/a> on Sunday, live here on Twitter. 40 Iraqi journalists #tweeting<\/a> regular election updates!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Another announcement <\/a>reads: <\/p>\n

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We're live – translations are on their way! Follows us for live tweets about the #iraqelection<\/a> from inside #Iraq<\/a>. Join the debate #iraq10<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Updates by observers on the ground are typical of many elections around the world, except that Iraq is a special case. Bombs went off throughout the day and clashes were reported between various factions. <\/p>\n

On @iraqelections, the reporters who toyed with Twitter <\/em>did a fantastic job keeping us updated using social networking tools. <\/p>\n

In one update, Laith<\/i><\/a> reports: <\/p>\n

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Laith: Baghdad: Tens of families from the AlKaradah region denied voting because their names are not on the voters register <\/div>\n

From Sulaimaniya, Jamal<\/i><\/a> writes: <\/p>\n

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#SULAIMANIYA<\/a>, Jamal: Voting stations are closed. Press is not allowed to enter and monitor the counting of votes. #iraq10<\/a><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Elsewhere on the Twittersphere, @iawia1<\/a><\/i> notes: <\/p>\n

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Today Iraq's having the most democratic election in the region.Hope it holds&be example4mideast #iranelection<\/a> #iraqelection<\/a> #iraq<\/b><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

 
\nAmerican @jeffmeyerson<\/i><\/a> is positive: <\/p>\n

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Celebrate with freedom-loving Iraqis as today they make their case for democracy. #Iraq<\/b><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

And Miguel Marquez<\/i><\/a>, ABC News' correspondent, sums up the day saying: <\/p>\n

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\n#Iraq<\/a> elex: 38 killed,73 injured. Nearly 40 explosions. Still the Iraqis turned out to vote. Looks like vote cnt will be higher outside BGD<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Exclusive #iraq10 picture from polling station in #Baghdad: www.mict-international.org\/1a.jpg It's election day in Iraq and the Twittersphere has been abuzz with updates since the early morning. To keep tweeps updated, a special service is up at @iraqelections where “30 correspondents from across Iraq will twitter report on election events from 10am hour by hour as […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5545,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-399926","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/399926","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5545"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=399926"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/399926\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=399926"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=399926"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=399926"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}