Iraq begins month-long biometric voter registration
Iraqis eligible for participation in parliamentary elections by the end of this year have one month to update their records…
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UK govt not giving up on Voter ID for 2025 local elections
Removing voter ID from the UK’s elections is not on the table, Minister for Homelessness and Democracy Rushanara Ali confirmed…
Meta to tackle Australia’s deepfake problem during elections amid detection lapses
Meta says it will help deal with issues of deepfakes and other disinformation-related concerns during Australia’s federal elections in May….
South Africa envisages fully-functional digital ID system before 2029 national elections
South Africa’s Minister of Interior, Leon Schreiber, has restated the country’s ambitious digital transformation plans, announcing that the government is…
Nearly 200 biometric election devices missing in Kenya, audit finds
More than 200 devices linked to the Kenya Integrated Elections Management System (KIEMS) cannot be accounted for at the moment….
Jordan plans digital ID for voter verification in next election
Jordan’s Independent Elections Commission (IEC) has announced that efforts are being deployed to make the national digital ID acceptable for…
Albania to exclude 160K voters with no biometric IDs from elections
Albanian voters who do not have a biometric identity document will not be able to vote during this year’s parliamentary…
Senegal targets 3M ECOWAS biometric ID holders for voter registration
A biometric voter registration exercise that went underway in Senegal on February 1 is expected to see the enrollment of…
Guyana seeks expert advice on introduction of biometric voter verification system
The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) says it will hire a consultant to get expert opinion on how to go about…
Guyana ruling party SG discusses election biometrics saga with GECOM
The Secretary General of the People’s Progressive Party (PPP), currently the ruling party in Guyana, Bharrat Jagdeo, was due to…
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