Northern Local Government Elections

23 Jul, 2011 Colombo, Elections, Features, Jaffna, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance, Polls, Post-War
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Groundviews is curating news and updates from the ground, as well as domestic and international media coverage on the historic local government elections in Jaffna. Polling started at 7am today.

In addition to @groundviews, Follow #NLGE on Twitter for updates from Jaffna, in addition to the usual #lka and #srilanka. In addition to our own curation, we are following:

Subscribe to #NLGE’s RSS feed here. There’s also a hashtag for other local government election news, #SLGE. Subscribe to its RSS feed here.

Groundviews also maintains two key curated Twitter lists. One for leading bloggers, the other for Twitter accounts related to media and journalism. Both will invariably feature updates on the elections.

Our curated Bundlr will gather Twitter updates and conversations, news reports and other information posted on the web related to the elections, with a key focus on Jaffna.

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  1. myil selvan
    07/23/2011 • 10:56 pm

    Will the elections commissioner null and void the elections, please???

    Reply

  2. Post DJBS Scenario
    07/24/2011 • 3:53 am

    Excellent excellent work. Thank you for aggregating coverage of the elections.

    Reply

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Located at the Centre for Policy Alternatives in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Groundviews is a citizen journalism website that uses a range of genres and media to highlight critical perspectives on governance, reconciliation, human rights, the arts and literature, democracy and other issues. The site has won two international awards, including the prestigious Manthan Award South Asia in 2009. The grand jury's evaluation of the site noted, "What no media dares to report, Groundviews publicly exposes. It's a new age media for a new Sri Lanka... Free media at it's very best!"

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