I think the fact that IEBC Chairman has clearly indicated that the tallying system was built in-house (despite a process to procure an external contractor) clarifies where the buck stops.<br><br>Since IEBC is flat out working to get the results out manually - it is probably better for us to wait until they are done before we start asking them the tough questions that have been floated over here.<br>
<br>It would actually make sense if there was to be a forensic audit of the entire operation, all the way from planning to execution, in order to identify the problem areas and be careful to avoid them in the future - yes, we can learn from our mistakes. <br>
<br>Best regards,<br><br>Brian<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Mar 6, 2013 at 9:51 PM, <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:dmakali@yahoo.com" target="_blank">dmakali@yahoo.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
Daktari, we are not talking abt the human errors of the voting process. That was manual. Rather we are interested and reviewing what happened to the IT part of the exercise! The transmission of the results did not simply fail from overload or any technical hiccup. What exactly transpired that isaack is only referring to euphemistically as "technical challenges"?<br>
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Am sure you know that the system did not just malfunction but suffered frm manipulation. I stand to be correcyted but Can a system trigger itself to generate results and alter its data transmission logs? Lets just say all of us are being patriotic and acting in the national interest at this time but sm1 should not think we are fooled. The truth will sooner than later become apparent.<br>
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But i truly appreciate your contribution.<br>
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David,<br>
A lot has been said in the social media trying to advance different theories of. Why the systems failed but what will matter are the final vote count. These were just provisional results that were to be verified before announcing the winner and were to be transmitted within a given time. Electronic results were to be like exit polls. There were human errors that should not have happened. Look at the number of spoilt votes. Can we say it was sabotage?<br>
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Why is this being addressed as IT "failure" and not "sabotage"?. I would think failure is when a system "fails" to function according to its intended or programmed purpose and not when its "functioning" is interfered with so as to derail it from performing the set task.<br>
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