Kenyan Officials Consider Proposed Election Delay
- French company may be unable to provide vote system by Oct. 17
- Supreme Court to give full ruling on vote annulment Wednesday
A voter uses a fingerprint scanner in a polling station in Kiserian, Kenya, on Aug. 8, 2017.
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Kenya’s electoral commission is considering a proposal to postpone the rerun of last month’s annulled presidential election because of technical constraints, the authority’s spokesman said.
OT-Morpho, a Paris-based company that provided two electronic systems for the ballot, wrote to the Independent Electoral & Boundaries Commission on Monday to say it’s unable to provide a new results-transmission system by Oct. 17, when the vote is scheduled to take place. The company may also be constrained by the Kenyan Supreme Court’s detailed ruling on the annulment, which will be announced on Wednesday and may comment on technical issues, it said by email.