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Gambia News : Gambia introduces biometric voting system
Gambia's Independent Ele ctoral Commission (IEC) is finalizing arrangements for the country to introduce biometric voters' cards ahe ad of presidential polls in 2011, PANA reported from here Wednesday.
According to sources, Gambia's electoral body, IEC, in collaboration with Canada-based firm CODE and ZETES PASS Company are busy demonstrating the biometric voting system to Gambians as a prelude to the launch of the project.
Mustapha Carayol, IEC's Chairman, is said to have hailed the biometric voting system as a means of ensuring 'credible election.'
'The use of biometrics for automatic duplication, verification and authentication at the point of registration is the best solution in ensuring conduct of free, fair and transparent elections,' Carayol noted.
He also stressed the need for Gambia to move away from the old method of registering voters while outlining advantages that go with the biometric system.
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- AAsambou is a confused Gambian who is finance to study in japan by the mad afang iblis of the gambia.We will surely change the voting system just to condem the mad prof. and people likeyou sambou.Your education is useless for the Gambia
(Posted on January 17, 2010, 9:30 AM Jammeh)
- i think the system is good i think if the low will be alow things will be good but haveng this system with out propah low will have no use.
(Posted on January 16, 2010, 2:21 AM A.A.SAMBOU)
- if the biometric system will prevent voting fraud do u think Jammeh will allow that to be installed,absolutely not,this is just to convince people that the election will be free and fair,Jammeh will win the election with or without biometric.cuz
(Posted on January 15, 2010, 10:34 PM freedom of speech)
- Africans should outlaw the use of money for politics, inorder to allow free and fair election.
(Posted on January 15, 2010, 12:15 PM Musa Jobe)
- Its time for Gambians to realize wisely the mistakes Jammeh regime did,the arrests without knowledge of the law, the witch hunting case,the missing love ones,the tortures,missing of journalists and students without investigation.Then vote for change
(Posted on January 15, 2010, 12:14 AM m.Kolley)
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