Guyana election agency fears biometric voter verification system cost
The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) is showing signs of reluctance to adopt the much-solicited biometric voter verification technology after a…
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Contractor distances self from biometric device failures in South Africa elections
A Johannesburg-based company, Ren-Form, which supplied biometric hardware to the Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) says it is not…
Biometric device failures tainted credibility of Nigeria’s 2023 elections: report
A final report of the Commonwealth Observer Group (COG) on Nigeria’s 2023 presidential and national assembly elections says failures of…
Ghana swaps indelible ink for biometric voter verification
In Ghana, the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has expressed concerns about the negative consequences of abandoning indelible ink in favor…
Over-voting claims trail Nigeria State elections as biometric checks allegedly skipped
Elections held on November 11 to pick governors in three Nigerian states of Bayelsa, Imo and Kogi were marred by…
Ugandan rights advocate urges Africa to look inwards when choosing biometrics tech for elections
Crispin Kaheru, a member of the Uganda Human Rights Commission, has praised the increasing role technologies such as biometrics play…
Nigeria’s INEC to deploy 11K biometric voter devices for November governorship polls
The Independent National Electoral Commission of Nigeria (INEC) will deploy 11,355 biometrics-based Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) machines for three…
Digital identity becomes option for most Singaporeans when they vote
Singapore has inaugurated the use of digital IDs to verify their identity when voting. Voters will be free to use…
Biometric voter machines feature in Nigeria’s post-election litigations
Various election tribunals in Nigeria have in the past months been hearing cases related to either the presidential and National…
Govt insists BVAS a game changer in Nigeria polls, civil society calls for NIN addition
The reactions trailing the use of the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) is Nigeria’s general elections of 25 February and…
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