East-African Elections

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East-African Elections. Can ICT enhance the democratic process?. ICT & Elections. Voter registration Voter education Parties and policy Election monitoring Tallying & Analysis. The Top 10 Election Applications. App 1: Ushahidi #1. Citizens reporting by SMS and other channels - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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East-African Elections

Can ICT enhance the democratic process?

ICT & Elections• Voter registration• Voter education• Parties and policy• Election monitoring• Tallying & Analysis

The Top 10 Election Applications

App 1: Ushahidi #1• Citizens reporting by SMS and other

channels• Displayed on map and timeline• Designed to empower citizens, and

discourage fraud around registration• www.ushahidi.com

App 1: Ushahidi #1• Reports on:

– Dead people on the registry– Minors on the registry– Ghost voters– Closed registration offices– Refused registrations

App 2: Register Analysis• Find anomalies in the voter register

– Find Duplicates– Find constituencies with a very high age

Georgia Registrations

App 3: Voter Education• Campaign with short clear message• Multiple Channels

– SMS– Newspaper– Radio

• Designed to empower citizens to monitor the electoral process

App 4: Voter advisor• Questionnaires asking your opinions on

policy issues• Reply indicates which parties support

your own views• Designed to encourage policy debate

App 5: Voter polls• Ask opinions on political issues• Publish results • Work together with existing media

App 7: party chat• Send questions in to Candidates• Live radio broadcast replies• Replies shown on web for easy access• Designed to involve citizens in process,

encourage policy debate.• www.mzalendo.com

App 8: Ushahidi #2• Citizens report abuses up to election

day• Voter bribing, using gov’t resources,

violence, arrests of opposition…

App 8: Ushahidi #2• Observer co-ordination• Use SMS to track observers• Use SMS to alert observers to reported

incidents for verification• Use SMS to confirm reports

App 9: SMS Tallying• Submit results from polling stations• From observers, public, and parties• Designed to give a fast accurate tally

and support electoral process

App 10: Result Analysis• Find anomalies in the results

– More ballot papers than registered voters

– 100% votes for 1 candidate• http://afghanistanelectiondata.org/data

Afghanistan Results

Overall• Use different media

– Inbound & Outbound• Separate voter education & incident

reporting• Share datasets

– Polling stations– District Boundaries

• Different sources have different trust levels.

• Be transparent

Q & A