personalized with the details of the polling station’s name and code, ward name and code, constituency name and code and the county name and code. This curbs the misuse of forms at different stations and minimizes manual entry of information by officials at the polling stations. (h) Self – carbonating element; Forms 34A bear this aspect thereby restricting manual entry of data on the form 34A to only once and consequently enhancing accuracy and verifiability of the results. (i) Barcodes; The Forms 34B and Form 34C are printed with barcodes which identify the tallying center by showing the county codes and constituency codes, therefore ensuring quick identification and verification of results. 216. THAT security features were also incorporated in the ballot papers used in the 8th August 2017 election all in an effort to ensure that the elections were free and fair. For example, each ballot paper included different colour coding of the background of each ballot paper for the six (6) elections. Each ballot paper when examined visually contained a different colour. Specifically the commission used different background colors for each election to wit:a. Presidential-Plain white. b. Member of National Assembly-Green colour. c. Senator ballot paper-Yellow colour. d. Member of County Assembly-Brown colour. Presidential  Petition  No.  1  of  2017                                                                                                                                                                                                            156  |  P a g e