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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 PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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