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 At @9b925ea6, we believe that a public infrastructure is not possible if it is not truly #open. That's why we're launching this initiative to work on a key moment in democracies, the moment of voting. ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿพ ๐Ÿงต 
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 Starting last week, we are creating and enabling a global alliance to advocate, design and implement the following building blocks for a Digital Public Infrastructure for Electoral Processes ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿพ ๐Ÿงต 
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 1๏ธโƒฃ ๐Ÿ“œ Electoral Data Standards โ€“ A data standard for governments to publish all their electoral data like districts, establishments, candidates, results, etc ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿพ ๐Ÿงต 
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 2๏ธโƒฃ ๐Ÿ“ค API for publishing results โ€“ #OpenSource web servers that can publish the results of the elections during the electoral processes. ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿพ ๐Ÿงต 
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 3๏ธโƒฃ ๐Ÿ–ฅ๏ธ  Open Data Portals โ€“ #OpenData Portals as repositories for historical data of previous elections. ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿพ ๐Ÿงต 
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 4๏ธโƒฃ ๐Ÿ“ฒ Electoral Apps โ€“ #OpenSource apps where people can access information related to the election. ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿพ ๐Ÿงต