A Kenyan crowdsourcing tool will monitor the U.S. election for fraud

McClatchy – by Theresa Welsh

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has refused to say he’d accept the outcome of next week’s election if he loses. He has claimed, despite lack of evidence, that the ballots will be “rigged” against him.

If that does happen, a crowdsourcing tool invented in Kenya is prepared to document it.  

Kenya knows a thing or two about contested elections, which some speculate may be a situation the U.S. finds itself in next week. In response to violence following the country’s 2007 presidential contest when Raila Odinga refused to acknowledge the victory of opponent Mwai Kibaki, a group of coders developed a platform to document where protests were occurring. They named the crisis map Ushahidi, which means “testimony” in Swahili.

The organization thinks the technology will be useful in the American election.

“There has been unprecedented conversation in the 2016 USA election about issues with the voting process, and even some potential worry of violence on election day,” Ushahidi COO Nat Manning wrote. “While there is no evidence of voter fraud in America, there are instances of voter suppression and voting issues on election day. As citizens, let’s raise our voices and help to report any issues on election day as well as celebrate all those who run a tight ship and bring trust to the underpinning of our democratic systems.”

Trump caused alarm in both political parties when he created doubt about the integrity of the election as well as his likelihood of accepting an unfavorable result. Both Democrats and Republicans have rejected his claims of a rigged election as a danger to American democracy and the constitution.

Worry has also been raised by reports that Russia is attempting to influence the results of the election, favoring a Trump win. The U.S. government said it believes the country has engaged in cyberwarfare to help Trump, which has raised fears that electronic voting methods could be attacked. There is no evidence polling stations can be hacked.

Russia did request permission to post election monitors at American polling places, which the State Department dismissed as a “PR stunt.”

People can use the USA Election Monitor site to report instances of voter suppression, violence, ballot problems, not being allowed to vote and lines that are too long. Voters can also text, email or Tweet any problems and they will be recorded on the map. The monitor also tracks people who say they had no problem trying to vote.

Ushahidi said it is nonpartisan and said it is a citizen-led effort “to ensure transparency.” Citizens can sign up to verify reports on the site and will receive training before Election Day.

Ushahidi said the project isn’t meant to compete with other Election Day monitoring efforts from the campaigns, local governments, the Democratic and Republican National Committees and other third parties who will all work to verify the validity of the vote.
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6 thoughts on “A Kenyan crowdsourcing tool will monitor the U.S. election for fraud

  1. “While there is no evidence of voter fraud in America, there are instances of voter suppression and voting issues on election day.” LOL!

    Is Trump to be pres. of the world? Africa is now involved in “honest” elections?

  2. Is Obama related to the makers of this “Kenyan crowd sourcing tool”?

    I think we’ve all had enough of Kenya, and Kenyans for one life time, but thanks, anyway.

  3. “He has claimed, despite lack of evidence, that the ballots will be “rigged” against him.”

    Hmm, remember Bernie Sanders? Election machines flipping votes? Trump’s name not even on the Ballot (did not see this one myself)? Etc.

    There is no evidence polling stations can be hacked. (They have been being hacked since Bush 1)

    Fraction Magic – Detail Version
    A real-time demo of the most devastating election theft mechanism yet found, with context and explanation. Demonstration uses a real voting system and real vote databases and takes place in seconds across multiple jurisdictions. Over 5000 subcontractors and middlemen have the access to perform this for any or all clients. It can give contract signing authority to whoever the user chooses. All political power can be converted to the hands of a few anonymous subcontractors. It’s a product. It’s scaleable. It learns its environment and can adjust to any political environment, any demographic. It runs silently, invisibly, and can produce plausible results that really pass for the real thing.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fob-AGgZn44

    Early Voters From Amarillo Are Saying Their Votes Were Changed On the Ballot
    http://kissfm969.com/early-voters-from-amarillo-are-saying-their-votes-were-changed-on-the-ballot/?trackback=tsmclip

    Here’s what voter fraud looks like in 23 states
    http://www.wnd.com/2016/10/heres-what-voter-fraud-looks-like-in-23-states-2/

    We do not need any other nation to assist “We the People of the united States in our elections. If we do not believe that these results are honest, we will do our OWN elections as the sovereigns of this nation. These are OUR governments that we created for specific put-into-writing purposes. We can dump those that serve within our governments and REPLACE them ourselves.

    Oh, and we are NOT a democracy, we are a Constitutional Republic, and this time let’s keep those that serve within our governments to ONLY the duties listed in writing within the US Constitution and within each state’s Constitution.

    That means that property (land, homes) can ONLY be taxed when purchased, not yearly, which makes it a rental.

    No Federal Reserve, Only real money backed by silver and gold.

    No military, but that every single able-bodied American must train as the military is trained and then be educated in the US Constitution and their state Constitution as we all are required to
    — Enforce the US Constitution and each state’s Constitution,
    — Enforce and keep the “Laws of the Union” (which are constitutional laws ONLY),
    — Protect the country against all enemies both domestic and foreign, and
    — “to suppress Insurrections and repel Invasions”.

    That also means no law enforcement agencies beyond the elected sheriff.

    No income tax

    Most of the federal and state agencies will have to go

    Very few types of licensing is lawful so they will also go

    Same for regulations

    Ditto on lots of “laws” (really color of law)

    Only those who actually serve within the house of Representatives and the Senate can create laws that are binding on the American people – not their aids, not “think tanks”, not those who serve in agencies, not those who serve within another branch, etc

    etc

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