By David Herbling
Kenyans vote Tuesday in the nation’s presidential elections. Here’s a timeline of when to expect key announcements.
- Voting kicked off at the nation’s 46,229 polling stations kicked at 6 a.m. About 22.1 million people are registered to cast their ballots in elections for 1,882 elective posts, including the president, governors, senators, women representatives, parliament and ward representatives.
- Polls are scheduled to close at 5 p.m. In previous elections, the authorities have extended voting hours because of delays.
- Diaspora voters in a dozen countries — including the US, UK, Canada, Qatar, UAE, Germany, South Sudan, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi and South Africa — are also taking part in the vote.
- The counting of ballots begins immediately after the end of voting, starting with the presidential-election votes.
- There is a seven-day window for the elections agency to declare the winner of the polls.
- “We have seven days, but we don’t have to wait for all that,” Independent Electoral & Boundaries Commission Chairman Wafula Chebukati said in an interview Monday.
- The presidential candidates need to secure more than half of the valid votes cast and at least a quarter of the ballots cast in half of Kenya’s 47 counties to succeed President Uhuru Kenyatta. If no candidate meets that threshold, a fresh election shall be held within 30 days in which the winner will be up against the runner-up.
- Any court challenge must be submitted to…
