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13.1.3 Electronic Voting

The Board may employ electronic voting during party primaries and any other party elections. This shall
be conducted in a way that is;
(a) Free and Fair
(b) Transparent and;
(c) Secure

13.1.4 Where two or more aspirants show interest in the contesting for the party ticket for any position,
the board shall employ of the following methods to determine the party candidate; -

(i) Build consensus among the aspirants to support one of them;

(ii) Undertake independent research or opinion polling to determine the most popular
candidate;

(iii) Interviewing the candidates to determine the suitable candidate;

(iv) In the event the candidates are not able to agree on any of the above, the board shall
proceed to conduct free, fair and democratic nomination exercise;

14 The date, Venue and officials overseeing the nomination exercise at the national, county, constituency
and ward levels shall be communicated within reasonable time to ensure transparency;

15 The Board may by way of notice if required to by any laws give notice to the IEBC and the
Registrar of political part as to the date of party primaries.

16 Unless otherwise decided by the board or its appointed officers in consultation with party
aspirants, voting during nominations shall be done at selected the polling station level, or prior
agreed upon neutral locations taking into consideration access to the Women, Youth and Persons
with Disability;

17 The Board may by way of notice if required to by any laws give notice to the IEBC and the
Registrar of political part as to the date of party primaries.

18 Unless otherwise decided by the board or its appointed officers in consultation with party
aspirants, voting during nominations shall be done at the polling station level as determined by
NEB;

19 The board shall have power to recruit returning officers, presiding officers, clerks and other
officials for the smooth and democratically running of the nomination exercise provided such
recruitment is done transparently and not to the advantage of one aspirant;

20 Only paid up registered card bearing members of the party, whose names appear in the party
register shall be eligible to vote;

21 The voter register shall be certified by the Board.

22 Each such member of the party shall have one vote and shall cast the same by secret ballot;

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