Indian gov consults UIDAI on Aadhaar biometrics for voter registration
India’s Ministry of Law is consulting with the Unique Identification Authority (UIDAI) for the possibility of using the Aadhaar biometrics-based…
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Biometric capture for PhilID partially suspended
Authorities of the Philippines Statistics Authority (PSA) have temporarily put on hold the biometric capture of registrants for the national…
Nigerian States begin biometric registration for voters, stalemate persists in Liberia
Nigeria’s Lagos and Osun States have begun biometric data collection within the framework of the Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) exercise…
Alleged hack of Kenya’s Biometric Voter Registration system denied by electoral agency
Kenya’s Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) Chief Wafula Chebukati has rejected claims that the country’s Biometric Voter Registration (BVR)…
Liberia elections commission, Senate bicker over biometrics introduction for 2023 polls
Plans by Liberia’s National Elections Commission (NEC) to introduce biometric voter registration ahead of the 2023 polls as well as…
Biometric voter rolls at different stages in Zimbabwe, Papua New Guinea, Nigeria
Papua New Guinea’s Electoral Commission (PNGEC) is seeking approval to begin identifying and verifying potential voters with a new biometric…
Biometric card delays ‘exclude millions’ from Iraq elections
Iraq’s electoral commission is struggling to update voter data and issue biometric cards in time for the country’s October 10…
Nigeria resumes biometric voter registration, encourages online participation
Nigeria’s Independent Electoral Commission (INEC) says it is continuing with the biometric voter enrollment process which it suspended in August…
Advanced biometric technologies and new market entries tackle fraud, chase digital ID billions
Amid forecasts of rapid growth and huge market potential, digital ID platforms launches by Techsign and Ping Identity, new services,…
Liberia’s move to introduce biometrics for 2023 polls receives acclaim
The African Youth Peer Review Committee (AYPRC), a pan-African youth organization, has hailed the decision by Liberia to introduce biometrics…
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