Our ERAMS is designed to supplement the conduct of an election by providing deep insight through a rich presentation of real-time information from an election process for improved management of elections. The entire system is designed in a manner to bestow INEC full oversight capabilities during the entire election process and raise the electoral body’s ability to perform its onerous burden with greater capacity.
The main features of our ERAMS include:
1. Polling Results Transmission – collation of data at the various levels of the electoral process through the use of GSM technology. If elections are conducted in an area of non-GSM coverage the data will be immediately transmitted once mobile GSM device moves into GSM coverage area. A java applet may also be designed and installed on mobile GSM devices of INEC officials for easier transmission of results.
2. Situation Reports Transmission – transmission of field status reports via GSM on activities such as arrival of materials, start and end of voter accreditation and start and end time of voting.
3. Digital Map of Election Process – A real-time, graphical representation of election information. Information presented include:
- Pre-election analysis and country presentation of voters’ demographics and statistics
- Voting patterns and trends as elections are being conducted
- Tracking of materials distribution and movement
- Country searchable map for statistics, situation reports and results.
Background
During the April 2011 elections Inteliworx Technologies deployed an election reporting and monitoring system (ERAMS) in two States of the Federation; namely Jigawa and Kaduna States. During this trial period field reports were sent from a total of 303 polling units spread across these two States of the Federation. These reports were sent by SMS to a designated mobile phone number. This mobile phone number which was hosted on a web server transferred all verified incoming SMS from polling unit reps to a web portal which in turn presented the information in both tables and charts online. Several screenshots of such online reports can be found in the appendix.
The main type of reports conveyed by our ERAMS includes:
» Polling Results – electronic collation of data at the various levels of the electoral process through the use of GSM technology. If elections are conducted in an area of non-GSM coverage the data will be immediately transmitted once mobile GSM device moves into GSM coverage area. A java applet may also be designed and installed on mobile GSM devices of INEC officials for easier transmission of results.
» Situation Reports – communication of field status reports via GSM on activities such as arrival of materials, start and end of voter accreditation and start and end time of voting.
» Digital Map of Election Process – A real-time, graphical representation of ongoing elections. Information presented includes:
» Voting patterns and trends as elections are being conducted
» Tracking of materials distribution and movement
» Country searchable map for statistics, situation reports and results
All of the above parameters can lead to the derivation of credibility ratings for wards, local governments and states.