The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) on Sunday, July 6, ignited online debate after announcing it has begun the migration of its systems to a new digital infrastructure, barely two years before the general elections.
The news came out as the electoral body sought to clarify reports of shutting down the voter verification portal.
In the unsigned IEBC statement, the authority said the downtime as a 'system maintenance.' "The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) wishes to inform the public that it is currently undertaking a scheduled system maintenance on its voter verification portal," a statement from the IEBC read.
The statement went on, "This essential maintenance is part of an ongoing migration to new infrastructure aimed at enhancing service delivery through system performance and security." Search results from the IEBC portal on Sunday, July 6 2025.
