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» Milestone election

» 6 positions in a day

» Devolution – 2 tiers of government

» Bi-cameral Parliament +47 county assemblies

» Citizen ownership

» New voting system (6 candidates, counties & constituencies)

» Electronic voting

» Hurried civic education exercise - IEBC

» Undeveloped party system – fraudulent membership

» Short registration period

» Disorganised Party nominations

» Sites to profile candidates (who & where?)» Get out the vote – Registration & Actual voting

stations» Self reporting – registration, voting & protecting the

vote (via facebook , twitter & ushahidi/uchaguzi)» Interaction with presidential candidates especially on

Twitter – verified handles & Q&A sessions with Martha, PK

» IEBC – awareness on nominations, registration & getting out the vote, citizens feedback

» Fact check - research, election monitoring and uchaguzi etc

» Fact check – people and places based on official info (IEBC)

» Election related legislation –parties & financing

» Civic education – JDs of elective offices, voting day expectations

» Keeping an eye on the process – reporting fraudulent reg. & party nominations

» Official list of elected officials – IEBC & Gazetted info

» Good online politicians finish last! Arm-chair followers need to support them offline.

» The election was won or lost during party nominations – online community needs to join political parties to push for democracy offline

» Tech allows citizens to occupy politics pro-actively and cannot be ignored. Apathy costs!

» Opportunities for influence abound. What can you do?

» Electoral commission should use tech to mobilise citizens support and involvement in the exercise