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IMANI: Why CSOs Oppose the New Biometric Voter System: The Full Story

IMANI: Why CSOs Oppose the New Biometric Voter System: The Full Story

19th January 2020

 

Highlights:

  • The EC wants to rip out a system worth $60 million, of which value at least $40 million has accumulated since just 2016, and spend $150 million (plus contingency) constructing a new one.
  • A careful analysis of best practice in procuring biometric technology for elections in Africa shows that the EC’s proposed spending plans are inflated by about 60%. In short, the EC’s proposed system is brutally expensive compared to other countries in Africa.
  • The EC’s claims about the existing system’s weaknesses are flawed and untrue because the biometric data can be salvaged and facial recognition technology already exist through visual inspection.
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