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line-height:19px; margin:0 0 4px 0;font-family:'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;word-break:break-word;">WALUBENGO: Electoral reform panel's proposals hit the right</h2> <div class="card-description" style="font-size:11px;line-height:15px;color:#999;word-break:break-word;">Policy-makers should not wait to adopt the joint select committee's recommendations until after public press...</div> </td> <td style="text-align:right;padding:16px 12px 16px 0;"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </a></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1474648584771_27511"><br></div><div class="qtdSeparateBR" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1474648584771_27423">walu.<br><br></div><div class="yahoo_quoted" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1474648584771_27427" style="display: block;"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1474648584771_27426"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1474648584771_27425"> <div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1474648584771_27424"> <font size="2" face="Arial" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1474648584771_27428"> <hr size="1" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1474648584771_27457"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Daudi Were via kictanet <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> jwalu@yahoo.com <br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Cc:</span></b> Daudi Were <daudi.were@gmail.com><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Friday, September 23, 2016 2:49 PM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> [kictanet] Tech and Elections Law<br> </font> </div> <div class="y_msg_container" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1474648584771_27429"><br><div id="yiv8188025913"><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1474648584771_27431"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1474648584771_27430">Listers,</div><div><br></div><div>The <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://kenyalaw.org/kl/fileadmin/pdfdownloads/bills/2016/ElectionsLaw_Amendment_Bill_2016.pdf">Elections Law (Amendment) Bill, 2016</a> [pdf 606 KB] was tabled in Bunge on 26th August.</div><div><br></div><div>Nine parts that jumped out at me. </div><div><ul><li>2(e) defines "biometric" which includes "signatures" <br></li><li>4(2) IEBC has to a "public web portal" for inspection of the register of members of the public.<br></li><li>44(2) IEBC to develop a policy on the progressive use of technology in the electoral process.<br></li><li>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)<br></li></ul></div><div>On the tech itself (open source only solutions?)<br></div><div><ul><li>44 (3) technology should be simple, accurate, verifiable, secure, accountable and transparent.<br></li><li>44 (5)(f) IEBC and others need "access to electoral system software source codes"<br></li></ul></div><div>On timelines IEBC<br></div><div><ul><li>8A. (1) at least six months before a general election, engage a professional reputable firm to conduct an audit of the Register of Voters<br></li><li>44 (7)(b) tech has to be procured at least eight months before the general election (Dec 2016 for an Aug 2017 election)<br></li><li>44 (7)(b) test, verify and deploy such technology at least sixty days before a general election.<br></li></ul></div><div>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 <br><ol><li>the push for open source software. (Disclosure, I am currently the CEO of <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://www.ushahidi.com/">Ushahidi</a> - we build and use open source software)<br></li><li>whether we feel the timelines are realistic<br></li></ol></div><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="yiv8188025913gmail_signature" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1474648584771_27451"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1474648584771_27450"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1474648584771_27449"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1474648584771_27448">Daudi Were | <a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:daudi@were.co.ke" target="_blank" href="mailto:daudi@were.co.ke">daudi@were.co.ke</a></div><div>Technology + Strategy</div><div>Too brief? Here's why! <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://emailcharter.org/">http://emailcharter.org</a></div></div></div><div><br></div><div><div><br></div></div></div>
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