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Maybe we can have the breakdown of the voter turnout and other stats per county/constituency put up on open data. It will be very interesting to see how the spread is.<br>
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Edwin<br>
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<b>Sent:</b> 3/8/13 6:52 PM
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<b>Subject:</b> [kictanet] Kenyans!! Did you just have an over 86% voter turnout???<br>
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<div style="border-left:2px solid black; padding-left:5px"> <div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt"><div>You're an incredible people!<br>
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</div><div style="color: #000000; font-size: 13.3333px; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;">A total of <span style="font-weight: bold;">14,337,399</span> Kenyans registered as voters for the 2013 general elections (ref: http://www.mwakilishi.com/content/articles/2012/12/20/iebc-releases-final-voter-registration-tally.html)</div><div style="color: #000000; font-size: 13.3333px; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><br>
</div><div style="color: #000000; font-size: 13.3333px; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;">According to IEBC's final results just released at Bomas of Kenya <span style="font-weight: bold;">12,338,667</span> turned out and cast their ballots</div><div style="color: #000000; font-size: 13.3333px; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><br>
</div><div style="color: #000000; font-size: 13.3333px; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;">Which means a <span style="font-weight: bold;"><span>voter turnout > 86.05 %</span></span><br>
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</div><div style="color: #000000; font-size: 13.3333px; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;">Which means even better the US during Obama's first term election (BUT NOT AS GOOD as the Maltese...)</div><div style="color: #000000; font-size: 13.3333px; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"> <br>
</div><div style="color: #000000; font-size: 13.3333px; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;">"Different countries have very different voter turnouts. For example, in the United States 2008 presidential election turnout was 63% and 68% among African Americans (generally credited to Barack Obama's candidacy). In Belgium, which has compulsory voting, and Malta, which does not, participation reaches 95%. These differences are caused by a mix of cultural and institutional factors." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voter_turnout<br>
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