This is a guest post by Tshepo Magoma, a Yoti Digital Identity Fellow. The COVID-19 pandemic prompted citizens to worry about whether…
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.
Biometric voter verifications for Guinea’s elections secured with IB fingerprint scanners
Integrated Biometrics (IB) says its Kojak PL fingerprint scanners adopted by Innovatrics in the biometric enrollment process for elections in…
Iraq draws closer to biometrics-backed elections in 2021 with 16M voter cards issued
Biometric cards which will be required to vote in Iraq’s upcoming elections have been distributed to 13 million eligible voters,…
Philippines, Bangladesh enroll biometrics for ID cards to secure voter registration
The Philippines has announced plans to counter election fraud through its own national identity card, reports Philstar. Rosalinda Bautista at…
Ghana procures 75k biometric voter verification devices ahead of elections
One of Africa’s most stable democracies, Ghana, has procured nearly 75,000 devices for verification of the biometric identity of citizens…
Biometric voter registration advances in Albania and Brazil, Aadhaar-based online voting coming to India
The Central Election Committee (CEC) of Albania has approved the purchase of hardware to set up a biometric voter registration…
Biometric voter verification fails to ensure trusted election results in Tanzania
The shockwaves are still being felt after Tanzania’s elections on October 28, with opposition candidates arrested a week after polling…
Nigeria prospecting for electronic voting technology provider
Africa’s largest democracy, Nigeria, says it is in search of a voting technology supplier in order to take a step…
Papua New Guinea mobile biometric voter enrollment trial with Credence ID successful
Papua New Guinea is set to employ an upgraded biometric voter registration system as the country looks forward to its…
PhilSys biometric collection timeline set, bill proposes electronic voter registration system
The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) will start collecting fingerprints, photographs and iris biometrics from registrants to its Philsys national ID…
