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The essential point
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This 2016 Act established an integrated electronic electoral system covering biometric voter registration, electronic voter identification and electronic transmission of results, and required IEBC to develop a policy for its progressive use.
Evidence: Use of technology, section 17 (substituting section 44(1)–(2)), Gazette p. 917; retained PDF physical p. 8
Why it matters
It set standards for election technology and required open procurement eight months before a general election, followed by testing, verification and deployment at least sixty days before polling.
Evidence: Technology standards and timing, section 17 (substituting section 44(3)–(4)), Gazette p. 918; retained PDF physical p. 9
Open the key points and evidence
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The 2016 text required a thirty-day public biometric-verification period, followed by revision of the voter register and publication of the completed revision notice and register.
Verification of biometric data, section 5 (inserting section 6A(1)–(3)), Gazette p. 912; retained PDF physical p. 3 -
It set deadlines for parties to submit selected candidates and party-primary contestants, and for IEBC to publish the primary contestants and date in the Gazette.
Party nomination timetable, section 10 (inserting section 31(2A)–(2C)), Gazette p. 914; retained PDF physical p. 5 -
The Act placed a maximum of five hundred voters at a polling station.
Number of voters per polling station, section 13 (inserting section 38A), Gazette p. 916; retained PDF physical p. 7 -
The text required IEBC to tally and verify presidential results at the national centre and publish polling-result forms online; it assigned declaration of the result to IEBC's chairperson.
Presidential result transmission and publication, section 14 (inserting section 39(1C)–(1D)), Gazette p. 917; retained PDF physical p. 8 -
It set IEBC's composition at a chairperson and six other members and said replacement should begin at least six months before a term expires.
Commission composition and replacement, section 31 (substituting IEBC Act section 5), Gazette p. 924; retained PDF physical p. 15
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