<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">Hi Benson and listers, <div><br></div><div>I find downloading a document with the full list of political candidates tedious. </div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0" style="border: 0px solid black; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; min-width: 0px;">Open cities lab in collaboration with African Uncensored recently launched a website that enables you to identify the candidates in their respective area of contest/polling station starting from the president to the MCA position </span><img alt="👇🏾" draggable="false" src="https://abs-0.twimg.com/emoji/v2/svg/1f447-1f3fe.svg" title="Down pointing backhand index" class="r-4qtqp9 r-dflpy8 r-sjv1od r-zw8f10 r-10akycc r-h9hxbl" style="display: inline-block; height: 1.2em; margin-left: 0.075em; margin-right: 0.075em; vertical-align: -20%; width: 1.2em;"><img alt="👇🏾" draggable="false" src="https://abs-0.twimg.com/emoji/v2/svg/1f447-1f3fe.svg" title="Down pointing backhand index" class="r-4qtqp9 r-dflpy8 r-sjv1od r-zw8f10 r-10akycc r-h9hxbl" style="display: inline-block; height: 1.2em; margin-left: 0.075em; margin-right: 0.075em; vertical-align: -20%; width: 1.2em;"><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0" style="border: 0px solid black; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; min-width: 0px;"> </span><a dir="ltr" href="https://t.co/DFtlbdiupE" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank" role="link" class="css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-o6sn0f r-1loqt21 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0" style="font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; cursor: pointer; border: 0px solid black; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; min-width: 0px;"><span aria-hidden="true" class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-hiw28u r-qvk6io r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0" style="border: 0px solid black; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; min-width: 0px;">https://</span>mycandidate-kenya.opencitieslab.org</a></span><br><br><div id="AppleMailSignature" dir="ltr">Regards,<div>Tabitha. </div></div><div dir="ltr"><br>On 19 Jul 2022, at 10:11 AM, Benson Muite via KICTANet <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><span>On 7/17/22 18:24, Grace Githaiga via KICTANet wrote:</span><br><blockquote type="cite"><span>@Barrack Otieno <<a href="mailto:barrack@kictanet.or.ke">mailto:barrack@kictanet.or.ke</a>> The IEBC should consider developing a voting app akin to the MPESA app. This would allow us to vote from wherever we are, and election day would not need to be a "holiday". We would also see less violence and voter movement, suspicions, long lines, etc. on D-Day.</span><br></blockquote><span>Also minimize infectious disease transmission.</span><br><blockquote type="cite"><span>Tech really should be an enabler to simplify processes. And if we trust transacting using our phones, why would we not do it to vote? I know this will not be possible for this year, but IEBC will have another five years within which this app can be developed (security features, authentication, etc) and tested.</span><br></blockquote><span>There are still some concerns with an auditable system that allows for private ballots, see for example</span><br><span><a href="https://people.csail.mit.edu/rivest/Rivest-ElectronicVoting.pdf">https://people.csail.mit.edu/rivest/Rivest-ElectronicVoting.pdf</a></span><br><span>Monetary transactions by phone can easily be audited, but do not have significant privacy.</span><br><blockquote type="cite"><span>Rgds</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>GG</span><br></blockquote><span></span><br><span>_______________________________________________</span><br><span>KICTANet mailing list</span><br><span><a href="mailto:KICTANet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">KICTANet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a></span><br><span><a href="https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet">https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet</a></span><br><span>Twitter: <a href="http://twitter.com/kictanet">http://twitter.com/kictanet</a></span><br><span>Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/KICTANet/">https://www.facebook.com/KICTANet/</a></span><br><span></span><br><span>Unsubscribe or change your options at <a href="https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/wangechi652371%40gmail.com">https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/wangechi652371%40gmail.com</a></span><br><span></span><br><span></span><br><span>KICTANet is a multi-stakeholder Think Tank for people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy and regulation. 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