Kenya to use biometrics first, ID number second for voter verification in August election
Kenya’s Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) has determined that voters’ identities will be verified for eligibility in the upcoming…
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Nigerian courts blocks deadline for biometric voter registration
Voter registration will continue in Nigeria, after a Federal High Court blocked the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from implementing…
As biometric voter registration increases, Brookings looks to India for lessons
The proposed integration of the Aadhaar biometric national ID and India’s voter registration database will set an important precedent for…
Fears for a safe 2022 election in Kenya as investigation paints murky picture of EC, Idemia
An investigation into the events surrounding recent elections in Kenya provides a bleak outlook for this August’s general election. More…
Jamaica picks Thales to upgrade voter identification system with biometrics
Thales has been hired to modernize Jamaica’s electronic voter ID system, strengthening voter identification and authentication with fingerprint biometrics, reports…
Nigeria suspends biometric voter registration June 30, to improve ABIS system
The chairman of Nigeria’s National Independent Electoral Commission, INEC, Professor Mahmood Yakubu, has announced that the biometric Continuous Voter Registration…
Innovatrics updates ABIS, launches Android biometrics app
Slovakia-based Innovatrics has updated its Automated Biometric Identification System (ABIS) with an enhanced iris recognition algorithm and an Android app…
Kenyans called upon to verify entries as biometric voter registration nears end
The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission of Kenya (IEBC) says it is suspending the second phase of the Enhanced Continuous…
Nigeria’s biometric voter system detects over 1M invalid entries
Nigeria’s National Independent Electoral Commission (INEC) has disclosed that more than one million enrollments on the biometric Register of Voters,…
Aadhaar exclusion from biometrics block to be lifted for 2.7M in Assam
A state government decision in Assam, India has been made to issue Aadhaar digital identity accounts and the associated ID…
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