Voting in local elections at a polling station in Kiev, on October 25, 2015. Image by Alexey_Ivanov from Demotix.
Ukraine held country-wide local elections on Sunday, October 25, with many new and old faces competing for positions of 10,000 mayors and 160,000 members of regional and local councils. The Ukrainian social media sphere has been abuzz with tracking voter turnout, election violations, and exit poll results, using the hashtags #elect_ua and #вибори2015 (#elections2015). But some citizens, who were left without an opportunity to vote, have also made their voice—and disappointment—heard on the Internet.
Voting by the numbers
The October 25 elections are largely …read more
Source: Global Voices
