The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) has proposed a shared broadcast signal for the 2027 General Election to prevent public confusion caused by varying election result tallies from different media houses. This initiative aims to enhance transparency by ensuring all broadcasters transmit uniform results simultaneously.

• IEBC Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Marjan Hussein Marjan emphasized that independent tallying by media houses could lead to public uncertainty and potential election-related skirmishes.
• Media houses currently rely on the IEBC’s public portal, manually keying in data from Form 34A and Form 34B, which led to discrepancies during the 2022 General Election.
• The proposal seeks a single signal from the IEBC’s central results hub to standardize the transmission of results across all media platforms.