After last week’s special report on Nigeria and Ghana, we cast our biometrics news net across the African continent again…
Elections
Biometric systems are being increasingly deployed to ensure a fair and efficient election. These systems include identification solutions for voter registration, voting, tallying and identification. Common modalities include fingerprint recognition, palm vein recognition, iris recognition and facial recognition. Mobile voting systems are also included.
Innovatrics biometrics remove 200,000 ineligible voters from electoral rolls in Guinea
The use of facial recognition technology from Innovatrics in Guinea’s biometric voter registration program has allowed the system to be reused…
Nigeria sets 5-year biometric enrollment target for whole population to national ID system
Ahead of ID4Africa’s online country profile event on Wednesday September 23, we have dedicated this edition of our overview of…
CISA recommends FIDO authentication in email security advisory to political campaigns
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) published an advisory on Thursday recommending multi-factor authentication (MFA) as a cyber-attack…
Biometric passport data may facilitate remote voters’ registration in Philippines
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) in the Philippines is considering using biometrics to adopt a “no personal appearance” policy for…
E-voting: Tricky tech and trickier politics
Those who say digital IDs and biometrics can restore Americans’ faith in voting increasingly sound like kids trying to convince…
How blockchain and biometrics can secure e-voting in India, U.S. elections
During a meeting held by the Election Commission of India, the IT Secretary of Indian state Telangana advocated for the…
More challenges for biometric voter rolls as partnerships bring authentication options to African market
Digital ID in West African elections leads the biometrics agenda in Africa this week as neighbors Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire…
Voatz biometric voting platform complies with U.S. guidelines
Pro V&V, an independent federally-certified Voting System Test Laboratory (VSTL), has concluded the Voatz biometric blockchain mobile voting platform is…
Biometric voter verification for 2020 Brazil elections scrapped to prevent COVID-19 spread
Biometrics will not be used to confirm the identity of voters in upcoming municipal elections in Brazil, ZDNet reports, after consultants…
