IMHO CORD did not prove their case. First, they took their time to file the petition, filing on the last day. Then realized they had additional info they needed to submit. The petition clearly was not well done, the introduction of the 'new' documents outside the time limits was also not well thought out.
Secondly, they teamed up with Africog, clearly an agenda pushed by the west (see their donors here
http://www.africog.org/c.../funders-and-financials)to try make their case. Again their case was directed at the IEBC and the funding did not speak of Kenya's sovereignty. Sadly, they did not get details like who was on the special register..it worked against them badly.
The content of the petition seemed to have been directed at IEBC & the process yet it listed the President Elect, DP elect as respondents.
Also, with the case filed, the petitioner kept giving interesting remarks which the media caught on camera (like the famous 5.7M Vs 4.5M votes statement)
Let us not sensationalize the issue. Evidence ilikuwa shida. I wanted to see the evidence too but by the time Oraro gave his submission, i could tell even he wasn't confident of the case, his body language spoke volumes.
If i was a judge sitting in the Supreme Court, i would not have found it hard to come to that decision.
For some people however, the details matter not because to them the only 'correct' decision would have been a run off or a re-election.
....above all, to stand.