Growing number of rejected votes set tongues wagging
Rejected votes captured in presidential votes tallying for 5455 polling stations was 44357, making them the “third candidate” in the race.
The number kept increasing as votes from the different polling stations streamed in online.
Speculations online by users over if voter education was to blame or the mere lack of seriousness by some voters was thrive.
Users questioned why any voter would queue for hours and mark the ballot paper in the wrong way.
Other users accused IEBC officials present in the polling stations for not helping voters do the right thing.
Here are some of the reactions to the increasing number of rejected votes;
worried about rejected votes, did you people turn out to vote drunk or what kind madness be this one now?? Cheiii #PresidentialResultsKe pic.twitter.com/xErlKbDDX8
— Meshack Samson (@MeshackSamson) August 8, 2017
Ha! So far ‘rejected votes’ comes in at a distant number 3 with 44,357 votes with 8.24% of the votes counted. Should have been a candidate!?
— Alphonce Shiundu (@Shiundu) August 8, 2017
We need more voter education. I felt that today. The high number of rejected votes streaming in is another indicator. #ElectionsKE2017
— NyarSipi (@kenyanisa) August 8, 2017
Why are there so many rejected votes? Were people just writing ‘tibim’ and ‘tano tena’ in the ticking space? #ElectionKE2017
— Dr. Chao (@evangelinechao) August 8, 2017
Its getting very interesting ….the race shaping up but what raises my eyebrows is the number of rejected votes so far …..
— frederick okango (@fokango) August 8, 2017
Rejected votes is doing quite fairly though, someone share his manifesto #PresidentialResultsKe #ElectionKE2017 #KenyaDecides
— Evans Nobert Juma (@EvansNobert) August 8, 2017
Rejected votes at the presidential level and also in seats at the lower level are higher than I would love to see.
— Kenyan Facts ?? (@KResearcher) August 8, 2017
I was personally a voter educator, you teach this, they contradict it in loudspeakers around the ward and top it up with “sugar/unga”
— Lycee Kube (@lycee_madee) August 8, 2017
Interesting…Who are these people who contradicted in loudspeakers?
— Evelyne Musambi (@EvelyneMusambi) August 8, 2017
Our honourable politicians and their campaign teams
— Lycee Kube (@lycee_madee) August 8, 2017
You tell them × is a vote, they tell them × indicates that you’ve rejected that aspirant
— Lycee Kube (@lycee_madee) August 8, 2017
It is failure by some voters to seek guidance or help at the polling station where they do not either know or understand the process.
— Simon (@esazim) August 8, 2017
I think they are jokers coz nothing was difficult
— Caleb Otsembo (@otsembo_caleb) August 8, 2017
We need to invest more on voter education.we doing badly at that rate.
— brenda wa dad (@brekiarie) August 8, 2017
