From: Doc Odotte

Greetings,

I would like to bring to your attention, the most recent effort by the Independent Electroral and Boundarie Commission (IEBC) which is charged with handling the upcoming elections in Kenya. As many of you might already be aware, Kenyans living abroad will now be allowed to vote for their preferred candidates as provided for in the new constitution and election Act of 2011.

However, IEBC Chairman, Mr. Isaack Hassan recently announced that polling will only be done in the Kenyan embassies and consulates. That means, here in the US, we can only vote in DC, New York, and Los Angeles.

What about our many friends in Georgia, Florida, Texas, Ohio, Indiana? Will they be complelled to travel 10 hours to register, then another 10 hours to vote? (possibly twice in the event of a run-off)

We have expressed our desire to have alternate voting methods such as mail-in, or electronic voting or having voting locations reasonably close to regions where Kenyan populations are concentrated, and that is not too much to ask for.

Some of the leaders are slowly but surely heeding to our demands, but not the IEBC.

PLEASE SIGN THE PETITION ON THE LINK BELOW SO OUR VOICES CAN BE HEARD

I encourage you to also send this to your friends across the diaspora fraternity so that we can collect as many signatures as we can

THIS IS YOUR RIGHT TO VOTE,

http://www.gopetition.com/petitions/kenya-diaspora-right-to-vote.html

Doc Odotte