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==Domestic election monitoring== [[File:Election observers.png|thumb|Election observers]] {{refimprove|section|date=December 2024}} In addition to international organizations monitoring elections, citizen organizations—or coalitions of organizations—also monitor elections in their own country. Examples include [[Electoral Observation Mission (Colombia)|Electoral Observation Mission]] in Colombia,<ref name="Mattoni_digital_grassroots_anticorruption">{{cite Q|Q128797072|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Montegro_GarbirasDiaz_monitoring_CO">{{cite Q|Q128801758|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="RiosCorrea_violence_electoral_trends">{{cite Q|Q127434444|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Golos (election monitor)|Golos]] in Russia,<ref name="Telegraph_Kremlin_accused_silencing">{{cite Q|Q131481221|url-status=live}}</ref> and the [[Coalition of Domestic Election Observers]] in Ghana.<ref name="Sakyi-2002">{{Cite journal |last1=Sakyi |first1=E Kojo |last2=Oduro |first2=Franklin |date=2002-10-01 |title=Reflection on the activities and contributions of the Coalition of Domestic Election Observers (CODEO) to the success of Ghana's 2000 elections: lessons for other African countries |url=https://www.eisa.org.za/pdf/JAE1.2Sakyi.pdf |journal=Journal of African Elections |volume=1 |issue=2 |pages=55–68 |doi=10.20940/JAE/2002/v1i2a4 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160705101238/https://www.eisa.org.za/pdf/JAE1.2Sakyi.pdf|archive-date=2016-07-05}}</ref> The most common type of domestic election monitoring comes by way of party [[Poll watchers|poll-watchers]], who are [[partisan (political)|partisan]] individuals that are looking out for the interests of their party. Election day activities of partisan observation groups often included scrutinizing the accreditation, voting, counting, and tabulations processes at polling units throughout election day. There are also numerous domestic nonpartisan observer groups in many countries. [[Free and Fair Election Network]] (FAFEN) in Pakistan is a coalition of 42 national civil society organizations working together to promote fair [[elections in Pakistan]]. Each jurisdiction may have different rules about who may observe. Rules vary by state in the United States.<ref name="ncsl-obs">{{Cite web |title=Policies for Election Observers |url=https://www.ncsl.org/elections-and-campaigns/policies-for-election-observers |access-date=2023-09-16 |website=National Conference of State Legislatures}}</ref>
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