Biometric technology deployed to authenticate Florida poll workers and volunteers
Two County Election Boards in Florida have selected BIO-key’s ID Director for Windows software and its EcoID fingerprint readers to…
elections
Absentee ballots cast with biometric voting system in West Virginia
U.S. military personnel and overseas voters registered in West Virginia have begun casting absentee ballots for the upcoming November 6…
New Zealand Privacy Commissioner suggests biometric app over date of birth for voter authentication
New Zealand’s Privacy Commissioner has panned a plan to use date of birth as a way of authenticating online voters,…
Concerns raised about voting infrastructure security in mid-term elections
In the wake of mounting concerns over the security of the nation’s voting infrastructure during the 2018 midterm elections –…
DHS works to strengthen election security on heels of bipartisan legislation
What one congressional observer called, “a day late and a dollar short,” the bipartisan Prevent Election Hacking Act of 2018…
West Virginia to offer Voatz biometric voting app statewide for overseas military
Military service personnel from West Virginia serving overseas will be able to vote in the November U.S. midterm elections with…
New York, DHS testing voting systems cybersecurity
The New York State Board of Elections—in concert with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in partnership with the Division…
Biometrics: giving power to the people
This is a guest post by Raphaël de Cormis, VP Innovation Labs at Gemalto It’s a revolution that has only…
NovaTeqni Corp.
Novateqni (stock info) develops and supplies solutions for the biometrics, payments, elections, and Internet of Things sectors. Using leading technologies…
Biometrics-based blockchain voting platform raises $2.2 million
Mobile-focused election voting and citizen engagement platform Voatz has raised over $2.2 million in seed round funding led by Medici…
