Biometrics uncover voter ID fraud in Philippines
Election officials say fingerprint scans have detected 400,000 extra voter registrations in the Philippines. The ongoing count reportedly could reach…
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Albania updates biometric voting machines, process to thwart manipulation
As Albania approaches its local elections on May 14, officials have introduced new biometric voting machines and steps in the…
Liberia enrols 1.4M citizens in ‘flawed’ 1st phase biometric voter registration
The first phase of Liberia’s first-ever biometric voter registration process which saw the enrolment of 1.4 million people has been…
Innovatrics revealed as biometrics supplier for Albania’s elections
Innovatrics has revealed that it supplied fingerprint biometric technology for voter authentication during Albania’s 2021 elections. An article in the…
Zimbabwe ends biometric voter registration drive with over 450K new registrants
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) is set to begin expunging duplicated entries from its voter database after it completed a…
Nigeria finds more ineligible registries in latest biometric deduplication round
The latest round of biometric deduplication by Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has discovered many multiple and ineligible registrations…
Africa needs biometric de-duplication, Smile Identity argues
Nobody loves an enticing promotional customer campaign more than an accomplished identity fraudster. That is as true in Africa as…
India removes 9.8M entries from voter roll after biometric, demographic deduplication
A biometric de-duplication exercise carried out by the Election Commission of India (ECI) has found almost 10 million duplicate entries…
India to attempt to deduplicate electoral roll via ‘voluntary’ Aadhaar-voter ID link
A campaign to encourage all voters in India to link their voter ID to their Aadhaar accounts, aimed at aiding…
Ethiopia using Tech5 biometric engine, digital ID in MOSIP-based scheme pre-launch
Ethiopia’s National Identity Program (NIDP) is to use Tech5’s T5-ABIS BE (Biometric Engine) and T5-Digital ID solutions in the pre-launch…
