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….
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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…
Cameroon, Gabon, Uganda tackle biometric voter registers’ integrity, engagement
Authorities in three sub-Saharan African nations are preparing for and carrying out biometric voter registration in anticipation of elections within…
Biometric voter verification not possible in short term: Guyana Elections Commission
The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) has again spoken about the lingering question of deploying a biometric voter verification system for…
Guyana national digital ID project gets $4.8M in 2025 budget
The government of Guyana has allocated $1 billion (US$4.8M) for national e-ID cards, as part of a budget presented last…
Biometric voter registration underway in Gabon ahead of presidential vote
A nationwide exercise to biometrically register Gabonese for a presidential election in the country this year is well underway. The…
