Computer bug fucks up Kenyan election, forcing vote count to be restarted by hand

[smurfy]

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[url]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-21707152[/url]
[quote]Kenya's electoral commission has said that a computer bug is to blame for a large number of rejected votes in the tallying of the presidential election.

Issack Hassan said the computer was multiplying each rejected vote by a factor of eight.

This led to huge disputes and allegations of fraud.

Vote-tallying has been restarted by hand following this and other glitches but Uhuru Kenyatta still has a large lead over Prime Minister Raila Odinga.[/quote]

[Mike_Tyson]

whatever, snipped

[smurfy]

What if it wasn't a bug

What if the computer became self-aware :tinfoil:

[.FLAP.JACK.DAN.]

Is that a rifle on that guy's back?

[RaTcHeT302]

[QUOTE=.FLAP.JACK.DAN.;39834174]Is that a rifle on that guy's back?[/QUOTE]

Yes to count the votes.

That's how you use guns right.

[Corn]

[QUOTE=.FLAP.JACK.DAN.;39834174]Is that a rifle on that guy's back?[/QUOTE]

He's guarding the ballots, it's serious shit

[Funky Mummy]

Yeah.. about that "bug".

[Keegs]

[quote=]Uhuru Kenyatta still has a large lead over Prime Minister Raila Odinga.[/quote]
So Kenyatta will be the next Prime Minister of... Kenya?

[yawmwen]

[QUOTE=.FLAP.JACK.DAN.;39834174]Is that a rifle on that guy's back?[/QUOTE]

this is africa dude.

i would take a rifle with me to the shitter if i lived in kenya.

[smurfy]

[QUOTE=Laserbeams;39834194]He's guarding the ballots, it's serious shit[/QUOTE]

Security has been relaxed a bit since the last election in 2007 though:

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[TheCastro]

[QUOTE=smurfy;39834221]Security has been relaxed a bit since the last election in 2007 though:

[img]http://imgkk.com/i/_xp4.jpg[/img][/QUOTE]

Tacky sweaters, the ultimate body protection.

[buro]

I am surprised the votes weren't counted by hand in the first place.

[spinpoint F3]

[QUOTE=Mike Tyson;39834128]I bet they were using vista.[/QUOTE]

I bet you feel hillarious.

Kenya is ridiculously dangerous. I've heard that there are flamethrowers mounted to the bottoms of cars to stop carjackers.

Serious stuff.

yep

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQbHnLSasfQ[/media]

It's like mad max.

[catbarf]

[QUOTE=spinpoint F3;39836215]Kenya is ridiculously dangerous. I've heard that there are flamethrowers mounted to the bottoms of cars to stop carjackers.[/QUOTE]

Having lived in Kenya for three years, not really. It has all the usual gang problems and corruption but it's not Somalia.

Or Detroit.

[binkow]

[QUOTE=The Castro;39835969]Tacky sweaters, the ultimate body protection.[/QUOTE]

Fashionably clothed and armed. That's how they roll...