Independent election incident reporting
FAIR Elections lets citizens and accredited observers report violence, vote buying, missing materials and more with photos, video or audio. Trained verifiers check every report, and only verified incidents are published, never anything that identifies the person who reported.
During the pilot, the Android app is shared by partner observer organisations.
Live from the current election
Counts include only incidents confirmed by verifiers, shown at least 60 minutes after verification. Duplicate reports of the same event are counted once.
What the app does
From the phone in a voter's hand to a published, checkable record, every step is designed to protect the reporter and the evidence.
Works without internet
Reports are saved and locked on the phone the moment you send them, then delivered by themselves as soon as there is signal, even hours later.
Evidence that holds up
The phone fingerprints every photo, video and audio clip and signs the report before it leaves. Every step after that is logged in a chain that cannot be quietly rewritten.
Safety by design
Reporting is anonymous by default and your exact position is never published. If someone approaches, one tap on Quick exit hides the app behind a plain notes page.
Checked by trained people
In the verification workspace, trained verifiers see each report with its evidence, signature and location checks. Duplicate reports of one event are merged, and high confidence needs two verifiers to agree.
Open by default
Verified incidents appear on the public map through election day and in versioned open data releases that journalists, researchers and observers can reuse freely.
How it works
Choose what happened and add a photo, video or audio clip. It works without internet. You do not need to give your name.
Trained verifiers review each report. Any change after capture would be detected. High confidence needs two verifiers to agree.
Verified incidents appear on the public map and in open data, at the polling unit or ward. Lawyers can request signed evidence packs.
Who it is for
Report what you see in about a minute, anonymously, from any Android phone.
Enrol your phone with your organisation so your reports carry your accreditation.
Triage, check and decide in a workspace built for the pressure of election day.
Request signed evidence packs, or download open data and check it yourself.
Evidence can wait. A report sent later is still a report, and your safety matters more than any photo.
The map, the open data and the evidence-pack checker are free for anyone to use.