A government minister says the technological upgrades that would be necessary for The Bahamas to issue biometric voters’ cards, as…
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.
Biometrics partnerships and regional symbiosis driving election opportunities: Laxton
The green field opportunities for election systems in Africa allow the development of technologies more advanced than those used in…
Smartmatic wins Albania biometric voter registration contract with lone bid
Smartmatic will implement biometric identification technology in Albania’s April elections this year via a US$20 million contract with the Central…
Philippines to test biometric remote voting solutions, urged to acquire more scanners
The Commission on Elections of the Philippines (Comelec) is planning to conduct an online trial voting exercise with biometrics in…
Nigerians don’t need national digital ID for voter enrollment, EC says
Nigeria‘s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has given assurances that citizens do not need the national identification number (NIN) in…
Biometric voting machine failures isolated incidents, Uganda’s Electoral Commission says
An unknown number of biometric voter verification machines being used in Uganda’s election failed to verify the identity of people…
Voatz presents its 2020 biometric mobile voting balance sheet
Biometric blockchain mobile voting technology platform Voatz has affirmed that it made strides in the course of the year 2020…
Uganda gets 38,500 biometric voter verification devices for Thursday’s polls
The electoral commission of Uganda says it has procured 38,500 SmartMatic biometric voter verification machines (BVVMs) at a cost of…
Criticism sparked by delay of biometric election systems unveiling in Uganda, procurement in Kenya
Uganda’s Electoral Commission (EC) is being asked to provide details on its Biometric Voter Verification Kits (BVVK) and related technologies…
Iraq replaces outdated biometric voter cards for 2021 election
The Iraqi High Electoral Commission (IHEC) announced the cancellation of voter cards issued between 2013 and 2017 in tandem with…
