Govt insists BVAS a game changer in Nigeria polls, civil society calls for NIN addition
The reactions trailing the use of the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) is Nigeria’s general elections of 25 February and…
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.
The reactions trailing the use of the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) is Nigeria’s general elections of 25 February and…
IT has a habit of throwing parties that the world stampedes or ignores for as long as possible. People rushed…
A proposal for the amendment of Ghana’s electoral law to make the Ghana Card the only ID document to confirm…
The department of civil registration of Zimbabwe is running a special campaign aimed at issuing birth certificates and national ID…
Mali’s constitutional referendum, which was initially due to take place on 19 March, will no longer go ahead as planned…
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) in the Philippines has announced intentions of potentially using new biometric technology in the country’s…
Governorship elections in Nigeria are experiencing technical delays. According to a government announcement, this week’s scheduled election has been pushed…
Officials of Zimbabwe are in their final days of preparation for the nation’s first mobile biometric voter registration drive. Beginning…
Amid a barrage of criticism over vote credibility, political scientist Abiodun Fatai posits that the Biometric Voter Accreditation System (BVAS),…
Liberia’s National Elections Commission (NEC) is currently engaged in a number of activities as part of its preparations for the…