[kictanet] Tech and Elections Law

[Walubengo J]

@Daudi,
My thoughts on this were captured here...
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walu.

      From: Daudi Were via kictanet <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
 To: jwalu at yahoo.com 
Cc: Daudi Were <daudi.were at gmail.com>
 Sent: Friday, September 23, 2016 2:49 PM
 Subject: [kictanet] Tech and Elections Law
   
Listers,
The Elections Law (Amendment) Bill, 2016 [pdf 606 KB] was tabled in Bunge on 26th August.
Nine parts that jumped out at me.    
   - 2(e) defines "biometric" which includes "signatures"    

   - 4(2) IEBC has to a "public web portal" for inspection of the register of members of the public.   

   - 44(2) IEBC to develop a policy on the progressive use of technology in the electoral process.   

   - 44(7)(a) technology used for 2017 restricted to the process of voter registration, identification of voters and results transmission; (No electronic voting this time round)   

On the tech itself (open source only solutions?)
   
   - 44 (3) technology should be simple, accurate, verifiable, secure, accountable and transparent.   

   - 44 (5)(f) IEBC and others need "access to electoral system software source codes"   

On timelines IEBC
   
   - 8A. (1) at least six months before a general election, engage a professional reputable firm to conduct an audit of the Register of Voters   

   - 44 (7)(b) tech has to be procured at least eight months before the general election (Dec 2016 for an Aug 2017 election)   

   - 44 (7)(b) test, verify and deploy such technology at least sixty days before a general election.   

I suspect some of the members here were instrumental in drafting section 44. I would be interested to hear their thoughts on the process. Particularly interested in 
   
   - the push for open source software. (Disclosure, I am currently the CEO of Ushahidi - we build and use open source software)   

   - whether we feel the timelines are realistic   


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