Mobile voting in Africa is impractical. Even as an option, If people would start to lose their phones around the election period, the recovery effort involved in ensuring the service is available and the consequences thereafter, would be a potential legal and customer service nightmare.
On Mon, Nov 14, 2016 at 4:57 PM, Zacharia Gichiriri < zacharia.gichir...@strathmore.edu> wrote: > Hi, > > Are there any countries that have implemented a form of mobile voting? Is > there any research on the potential, challenges and applicability of mobile > voting? > Considering the explosive growth of mobile phones across Africa, would the > use of mobile phones for elections (citizens voting through mobile phones) > improve election outcomes and transparency? > > Best, > -- > Zack. > > > *Note: *All emails sent from Strathmore University are subject to > Strathmore’s Email Terms & Conditions. Please click here > <http://www.strathmore.edu/en/email-policy> to read the policy. > > "Visit our Facebook <https://www.facebook.com/StrathmoreUniversity>Page > and Twitter <https://twitter.com/StrathU>Account". > > -- > Liberationtech is public & archives are searchable on Google. Violations > of list guidelines will get you moderated: https://mailman.stanford.edu/ > mailman/listinfo/liberationtech. Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change > password by emailing moderator at compa...@stanford.edu. >
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