[kictanet] Forming digital democracy team

[Warigia Bowman]

Kivuva, so stoked you are in

Folks, if we could get about 10 or 20 of us, this could be very powerful.
First of all, folks can report on how elections are going at their polling
station. Second, we can keep track of hate speech from all sides. Further,
we can discuss and monitor television shutdowns, twitter shutdowns, etc.
Also, we can comment on how technology is used to transmit votes, and
verify them.

The ideal situation is to have multiple people of different ethnicities.

Yours, Warigia

On Mon, Feb 4, 2013 at 4:00 PM, Kivuva <Kivuva at transworldafrica.com> wrote:

> Dr. Warigia,
>
> This is a brilliant idea. Count me in.
>
> We pray to have peaceful elections. We hope the new IG will coordinate
> with all security agents to maintain law and order. From the recent
> nominations, its clear that we still have people not keen on
> maintaining the peace.
> Regards
>
> On 05/02/2013, Warigia Bowman <warigia at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Dear Kictanet colleagues
> >
> > I am proposing we form a digital democracy team for the upcoming Kenyan
> > elections.
> >
> > The 2013 elections are likely to be contentious. Of course we all pray
> that
> > they will be safe and peaceful. Further however, these elections are
> going
> > to use ICTs such as phones, computers, cell phones, SMS, radio, TV and
> > other technologies at an unprecedented scale.
> >
> > It would be fascinating to find out what impact, positive and negative
> > these technologies have. The kind of study I am envisioning will also
> > increase accountability of polling officials.
> >
> > Who wants to work with me to develop a survey and collect data at their
> > polling station?
> >
> > Perhaps we can use the kictanet secretariat, or a room in Jacaranda to
> > coordinate our activities. Or perhaps google or some other company on
> this
> > list will volunteer a room?
> >
> > Sincerely, Warigia
> >
> > --
> > Dr. Warigia Bowman
> > Assistant Professor
> > Clinton School of Public Service
> > University of Arkansas
> > wbowman at clintonschool.uasys.edu
> > http://democratizingegypt.blogspot.com
> > -------------------------------------------------
> > View my research on my SSRN Author page:
> > http://ssrn.com/author=1479660
> > --------------------------------------------------
> >
>
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