Violence, bribery, voter intimidation, ballot fraud, arson, looting, undue influence, even kidnappings and murder are all real risks associated with elections in Kenya. Does vote suppression and intimidating the electorate work better for you than ballot fraud or fiddling with tallying? The researchers define voter/ballot fraud as offences related to improper marking of ballot papers, ballot stuffing, irregular tallying and the like. However, Mombasa was second highest in ballot fraud. Rather than spend money on bribes, they chose to fiddle with the process on Election Day itself – the actual voting and tallying, hence Mombasa’s high score in ballot fraud.

Source: Standard Digital June 23, 2017 18:45 UTC