Central African Republic in full biometric voter registration preparations
The Central African Republic (CAR) is in the process of organizing local elections it has not held since 1988. The…
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US election likely to be a missed opportunity to advance digital ID policy
The 2024 U.S. election represents an opportunity for social dialogue around digital identity policy in the wake of a series…
Somaliland to deploy iris biometric equipment donated by Taiwan for November polls
Iris biometrics devices donated by Taiwan to Somaliland for election in that East African country in 2021 will still be…
Malawi fine-tunes preps for biometric voter registration with new system from Smartmatic
The Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) has pledged to effectively address all challenges that cropped up when the country recently piloted…
United States Election Program
United States Election Program Washington, DC November 3-6, 2024 Registrations are open for the International Foundation for Electoral Systems’ United…
Court battle over student digital ID approval for voter verification in US state
The Republican National Committee and North Carolina Republican Party are fighting a decision to allow student digital IDs from UNC-Chapel…
Turing research discounts deepfake influence on elections as govts ramp up regulation
The year 2024 will be remembered for several globally important national elections but also for warnings over the deepfake misinformation…
Malawi begins biometric voter registration pilot to test new system
A trial voter registration process will begin in Malawi tomorrow September 13 to put the country’s new Electoral Management Device…
Cameroon ends 2024 biometric voter registration drive with 755k new enrollments
The Director General in charge of Elections at Cameroon’s elections management agency (ELECAM), Dr Erik Essousse, says 755,085 new potential…
Ghana EC adds liveness detection to prevent voter verification fraud
The Electoral Commission of Ghana (EC) has announced the incorporation of a liveness detection feature into its biometric voter verification…
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