Afghanistan determined to transfer election data from biometric devices to meet results deadline
The troubled tabulation of votes in Afghanistan’s Presidential election is drawing to a close, as the Independent Election Commission works…
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Afghanistan Attorney General probes slow transfer of vote data from biometric devices
The Attorney General of Afghanistan will question the head of IT for the Independent Election Commission (IEC) over the agency’s…
Data transfer delays from biometric voting devices could push back Afghanistan results announcement
The slow transfer of data from biometric devices to a central server due to lack of internet access is raising…
Afghanistan biometric voting improved but imperfect
The people of Afghanistan have voted in Presidential elections using biometric voter authentication systems intended to prevent voter fraud and…
Afghanistan races to train election employees on biometric devices
Nearly 100,000 contracted employees of the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) of Afghanistan are in training to use biometric fingerprint scanners…
Update of biometric voting devices by Afghan officials incomplete as election nears
Several election observers and officials from political parties in Afghanistan say the country’s Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) has failed to…
Afghanistan electoral commission reports progress updating biometric devices
The Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) of Afghanistan says that the process of installing new software for biometric elections-control devices has…
Afghanistan approves $15M purchase of 17,865 biometric devices for upcoming elections
Afghanistan’s Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) has approved funding to deploy biometric devices to ensure the integrity of the country’s upcoming…
Afghanistan electoral commission asked to reverse decision to register voters without biometrics
A decision by Afghanistan’s Independent Election Commission (IEC) to not use biometrics has been heavily criticized by several mainstream political…
DERMALOG biometric devices to be used in Afghanistan’s presidential elections
An official of Afghanistan’s Independent Election Commission (IEC) said Friday that the DERMALOG biometric devices used in last October’s parliamentary…
