@Barrack Otieno <mailto:barrack@kictanet.or.ke> 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. Also minimize infectious disease transmission.
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. There are still some concerns with an auditable system that allows for
On 7/17/22 18:24, Grace Githaiga via KICTANet wrote: private ballots, see for example https://people.csail.mit.edu/rivest/Rivest-ElectronicVoting.pdf Monetary transactions by phone can easily be audited, but do not have significant privacy.
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