DHS works to strengthen election security on heels of bipartisan legislation
What one congressional observer called, “a day late and a dollar short,” the bipartisan Prevent Election Hacking Act of 2018…
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University of Surrey testing blockchain for wearable biometric data storage and analysis
The University of Surrey has won funding for three blockchain initiatives focused on healthcare, voting and digital archives that will…
Smartmatic spins off new parent company, SGO, with British lord
Biometrics voting technology provider Smartmatic announced it has launched its new venture, SGO, which will evolve the business beyond election…
Following election, Ghana leads the world in biometric voter registration and verification
By having registered and verified approximately 13 million people for an election within 48 hours, Ghana has broken the world…
In Ghana, a non-working verification machine means no voting
The Electoral Commission of Ghana has announced that voting will be suspended at any polling station should the biometric verification…
Alleged biometric voter ID card fraud, poor turnout for tests, complicate election in Ghana
Members of the Western Regional Branch of ‘Nana for President 2012 (NAFOP), a youth wing of the New Patriotic Party…
Kenya to delay biometric voter enrolment
Kenya’s Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) will delay its scheduled biometric enrolment of voters. Originally, the commission intended to…
DigitalPersona CEO addressed European biometric conference
Richard Agostinelli, the recently installed President and CEO of DigitalPersona, talked about leveraging biometric databases to create value for citizens…
Ghana’s biometric voter system test records poor turnout
The two-day test of Ghana’s biometric voter system ahead of its upcoming presidential and parliamentary elections were poorly attended, according…
Ghana to test biometric voter system ahead of election
Ghana’s Electoral Commission will conduct a two-day test of its biometric voter verification system at selected polling stations from November…
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