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The essential point
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The document defines election technology as systems covering biometric voter registration and identification, candidate nomination and registration, and electronic results transmission, placing several technologies encountered across the election journey under one regulatory term.
Evidence: Definition of election technology, regulation 2, Gazette p. 311; retained PDF physical p. 3
Why it matters
It shows the sequence the document gives for confirming and recording a technology failure before the returning officer invokes a complementary mechanism.
Evidence: Failure procedure and complementary mechanism, regulation 26(2)(b)–(f), Gazette p. 316; retained PDF physical p. 8
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The document says a testing notice should give the date, time and place and invite stakeholders to attend.
Public testing notice, regulation 9(1), Gazette p. 312; retained PDF physical p. 4 -
It calls for an annual systems audit by a professional firm, including checks of confidentiality, integrity, availability, access, vulnerabilities and data accuracy and completeness.
Annual systems audit, regulation 12, Gazette p. 313; retained PDF physical p. 5 -
It says IEBC should publish network coverage at least 45 days before a general election.
Network infrastructure and coverage, regulation 22, Gazette p. 315; retained PDF physical p. 7 -
If technology failure suspends voting, the document calls for immediate public notice and restoration of the polling time lost.
Public notice and interrupted polling, regulation 26(3)–(4), Gazette p. 316; retained PDF physical p. 8 -
It provides for electronic election data to remain in safe custody for three years after results are declared, unless IEBC or a court directs otherwise.
Electronic election data retention, regulation 17, Gazette p. 314; retained PDF physical p. 6
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