east-african elections can ict enhance the democratic process?
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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