Asian Election Stakeholder Forum III (AESF III) August 22 – 26, 2016 Bali, Indonesia "Transparency & integrity for Quality Elections" General Election Commission Republic of Indonesia and General Election Asian Network for Free Elections (ANFREL)

1. ICT Enhanced Credibility
of Election Results
in the Kyrgyz Republic
Lee, Juhwan
Director
Association of World Election Bodies

2. Election ICT in the Kyrgyz Republic
• Street Views around Election Day before and after
the Introduction of ICT
• Backgrounds of ICT Introduction
• What They Did for Successful Introduction of ICT
• Glitches Found
• Lessons Learned

3. Street View 1: Bishkek in 2010

4. Street View 2: Bishkek in 2015

5. «Today is the happiest day in my life. Because, today, in our country, there is no
demonstration on the election results. This indicates the high quality of the elections
and trust of people in this elections. This is really amazing moment in our country».
Almazbek Atambaev
The President of the Kyrgyz Republic
On the day after the 2015 Parliamentary Election Day

6. Backgrounds of ICT Introduction
• Irregularities ⇒ Sore Losers ⇒ Political unrest
after every election (Tulip Revolutions)
• Recommendations by International EOMs to
reduce Election Day irregularities
• National Strategy on Sustainable
Development, adopted in 2013 ⇒ Introduction
of ICT in Elections

7. What They Did
for Successful Introduction of ICT
• Search for Optimal Election ICT Model
• Search for Funding Sources
• Stakeholder Consultations
• Pilot Test in Local Election
• Voter Education/Information
• Training the Operators of New ICT Devices
• 8 times of nationwide Mock Test

8. Search for Optimal Election ICT Model
• Election ICT Fairs
• A-WEB Inaugural Assembly in 2013
• Selections made:
• for Voter Registration/Identification: to use
biometric data ⇒ to prevent family voting and
impersonation
• for Voting/Counting/Result Transmission: to use
PCOS machines ⇒ to prevent ballot stuffing and
manipulation of results, and to secure accurate and
quick counting results

9. Search for Funding Sources
• JICA: Biometric Voter Registration and
Identification
• KOICA: PCOS, Information Center/System,
PCOS Operator Education
• SDC: PCOS
• UNDP: Voter Information/Education
• Basket Funds: PCOS
• A-WEB?: Project Manager of KOICA

10. Pilot Test in Local Elections
(May, 2015)

11. Training the Operators of New ICT Devices

12. Components of Election ICT
Voter Identification
100% electronic
results
Central Election
Commission
100% polling
station results
Official Results
Ballot paper issuing and casting
Results at polling stations
100% Polling station
results
Regional results
Regional Result
=
Election
Management
System

13. On the Election Day, Oct. 2, 2015

14. On the Election Night
95% of counting results were received within
the first 2 hours, which were instantly published
on the CEC website.

15. Glitches Found
• Too short Time Frame
• Little Internal Expertise: CEC depends too much
on outsiders
• Low Computer Literacy: instances of trying to
manipulating counting results to match the result
of machine counting when manual counting is
binding
• Incomplete Voters List
• Some Instances of Device Malfunctioning
• Quality of Ballot Printing

16. Lessons Learned
• Consider your infrastructure, including your
own expertise on Election ICT
• Establish clear objectives of ICT introduction
• Be prepared for the maintenance of devices
after the Election Day
• Step by Step
• Many Times of Full Scale Rehearsal

17. Thank you for your patience!