Papua New Guinea not ready for biometric voting, electoral commissioner says
Papua New Guinea will hold general elections at some point in or before 2027 to elect members of the National…
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Uganda initiates regulatory changes for mandatory biometric voter verification
The Minister of Justice and Constitutional Affairs of Uganda, Norbert Mao, has assured that efforts are ongoing on regulatory changes…
Trump executive order seeks to reform voting process; privacy issues are problematic
To address perceived problems with the integrity of American elections – long a subject of national debate – President Donald…
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…
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…
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