System
We chose nine phases for this system: Announcement, Registration, Nomination, Campaign, Pre-voting, Voting, Collating, Counting, Declaration. Each phase represents a number of events and activities that involves the various stakeholders to varying degrees.
While there is a natural sequence to these phases they are not completely linear. Some run in parallel and other overlap significantly. Each one contributes to the next and the actions therefore can affect the subsequent phases, positively or negatively. Many of the implications carry a cumulative effect and add greater complexity to the challenge.
The Making Rigging History Framework
Understanding the System There are a number of components in each of these phases – each has been constructed to the same architecture:
- The Primary purpose of the Phase
- The insights into the weaknesses of the system – based on 2007 Elections
- The potential for complicity in the failure of the system – per stakeholder
- The potential impact on the system