US senators propose curbs on AI-generated election deception
A group of Senate Democrats Thursday renewed a push to regulate the use of AI in federal elections, targeting both…
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Iraq to begin biometric registration for 2M eligible voters April 30
Iraqi authorities will on Thursday begin biometric capture for about two million citizens who are eligible to vote in the…
PNG electoral commission says no funds disbursed yet for biometric voting system
There is a plan by the Papua New Guinea (PNG) government to introduce a biometric fingerprinting and voter verification system…
Photo ID, proof of citizenship take center stage in US voting fight
The Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act (SAVE) has become the centerpiece of a renewed congressional fight over who sets the…
Uganda MPs want clarity on biometric voting system as EC asks for more funds
Uganda’s Electoral Commission (EC) has promised to conduct a live demo of how newly acquired biometric kits will be used…
Rapid expansion of DHS’s citizenship database raises new election concerns
Over the past month, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has quietly transformed the Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements (SAVE)…
Bahamas MPs examine new data protection bill with novelties
The government of the Bahamas has hailed a new Data Protection Bill which is currently in parliament as a major…
USCIS expands program to verify voter citizenship using partial social security numbers
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced Monday that states may now use the Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements program…
Ghana’s election agency fails in bid to stop biometric procurement case against it
The Electoral Commission of Ghana (EC) has tried in vain to stop an investigation into claims that it got involved…
Iraq updates biometric voter registry, hastens card distribution as election nears
Iraq’s Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) is in the final phase of updating the biometric voter register as the parliamentary…
