Nigeria’s INEC sued to allow biometric authentication of voters without voter cards
Nigerian businessman Dr. Ezeh Emmanuel Ezeh is asking a federal high court in Abuja to declare that the Independent National…
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.
Nigerian businessman Dr. Ezeh Emmanuel Ezeh is asking a federal high court in Abuja to declare that the Independent National…
Ahead of a court challenge of the results of Kenya’s recent election, African publication The Elephant examined the role of…
A member of the Guyana Electoral Commission (GECOM) has submitted a motion to the electoral body asking it to make…
Many Kenyans, both ordinary and high-profile voters, were unable to cast their ballots in time at some polling stations during…
Printed manual voter registers are being used alongside biometric kits to authenticate the identity of millions of Kenyans who are…
A biometric de-duplication exercise carried out by the Election Commission of India (ECI) has found almost 10 million duplicate entries…
Nigeria’s National Independent Electoral Commission (INEC) is facing heat from civil society groups to extend once more the deadline for…
A campaign to encourage all voters in India to link their voter ID to their Aadhaar accounts, aimed at aiding…
The Independent National Electoral Commission of Nigeria (INEC) has set 31 July, 2022, as the deadline for the continuous biometric…
Kenya’s Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) has determined that voters’ identities will be verified for eligibility in the upcoming…