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Solomon Islands Deputy Prime Minister recommends biometric technology for elections

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Solomon’s deputy Prime Minister Manasseh Maelanga has recommending using biometrics technology for the registration process for its upcoming elections. Reported in the Solomon Star News, Maelanga said the system will be credible and should be trusted, and his proposed bill mandating the biometric system is necessary for the effective and efficient administration of the electoral system in the country. “This could include the use of fingerprints, voter identification cards, photograph images and use of electronic identity cards or other similar

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Coalition calls for biometric system in Nigerian election

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The Coalition of Democrats for Electoral Reform in Nigeria has demanded the adoption of biometrics for the 2015 elections in the country, following a meeting in the nation’s capital earlier this week. The meeting was well-attended, with development experts from sub-Saharan Africa in attendance, and biometrics was widely identified as one of the safest measures for ensuring a transparent electoral process. Reported in Channelstv.com, a Councillor from the Kenyan Embassy, Michael Miriti noted that although the biometric system used in

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M2SYS announces March’s #biometricchat on biometic ID for border control, ePassports and voter registration

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M2SYS has announced that its next #biometricchat will take place two weeks from today on March 28, 2013 at 11 a.m. EST., and will focus on the use of biometric identification for border control, ePassports and voter registration. The special guest for the monthly chat is Cyrille Bataller from Accenture. Bataller is the European Director of Accenture Technology Labs, the dedicated technology Research and Development organization within Accenture. Bataller leads Accenture’s biometrics R&D activities, and supports automated border clearance solutions

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Biometric voter registration in Philippines reaches 52 million

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The Commission on Elections (Comelec) in the Philippines has announced that the number of registered voters for the country’s May elections has reached more than 52 million. Comelec spokesman James Jimenez this total is the highest ever recorded to participate in the country’s elections. According to a report in ABSCBNnews.com, the first automated polls in the Philippines in 2010 saw nearly 51 million voters register. “It is not a net gain of one million, rather about five million because the

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02 Secure Wireless announces low-data facial recognition integration software

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02 Secure Wireless has announced the launch of its fully functional retina and facial integration security technology software. Named FIT, this new software system can be implemented in a wide variety of security protocols. What it can do is allow a fully functional facial recognition application to be integrated into common security applications that otherwise might be limited to advanced installations such as military or government deployments. According to the company, the technology has been refined to be “low-data,” which

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60 million eIDs yet to be delivered in Indonesia

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The Indonesian Home Ministry has said that the government is waiting for a contracted vendor to finish work on more than 60 million electronic identity cards for its massive national identity program, the Jakarta Post reports. Home Minister Gamawan Fauzi said that the State Printing Consortium Company (PNRI) has yet to manufacture 12 million cards and has more than 48 million left for printing. In December, the PNRI had finished printing 175 million cards, indicating the consortium was still on

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Nepalese Election Commission builds biometric voter database ahead of election

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The Election Commission in Nepal has been working on a biometric voters’ registry database and has accumulated 10.9 million eligible voters thus far, Republica reports. So far, registration takes place at the Commission and consists of a fingerprint and a photograph for identity verification. The Commission has been making internal preparations for the next constituent assembly election in the country, including developing a 120-day integrated action plan to ensure all human resource, materials and budget have been accounted for. Election

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Kenyans rush to register biometrics ahead of general election, though malfunctions cause delays

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Following news that president of the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) in Kenya announced biometric voter-registration data will not be shared with law enforcement and will be kept private, thousands of Kenyans have lined up to secure their right to vote just days before the national deadline. Reported in Africa Review, prospective voters feared being excluded from participating in the country’s upcoming March 4, 2013 general election. According to to Orange Democratic Movement Secretary-General Anyang’ Nyong’o said the IEBC

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NPP urges Electoral Commission to clarify the status of biometric machines used in Ghana presidential election

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The General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) has called on the Electoral Commission in Ghana to clarify the status of all biometric verification machines used in the country’s latest election, earlier this month. General Secretary Kwado Owusu Afriyie has made these calls, as reports of District Returning Officers allege that they had received instructions to reset biometric machines to zero verification at the polling stations, Joy Online reports. The National Democratic Congress (NDC) party’s John Dramani Mahama has

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Following election, Ghana leads the world in biometric voter registration and verification

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By having registered and verified approximately 13 million people for an election within 48 hours, Ghana has broken the world record previously held by India for 3.5 million people, GhanaWeb reports.  Ghana’s world record-breaking accomplishment comes after the country successfully completed an election using biometric voter verification and registration systems. The 2012 election marks Ghana’s successful sixth election since returning to Constitutional rule in 1992. As reported previously in BiometricUpdate.com, the Electoral Commission of Ghana, in the run up to

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