2013-12-03 workshop 7th electoral forum (kuala lumpur)
Post on 13-Apr-2017
133 Views
Preview:
TRANSCRIPT
Ghana Election Process
Biometrics: the key to securing ‘One Man, One Vote’ ?
Interactive Workshop
7th International Electoral Affairs Symposium, Mauritius, Dec 3-4, 2013
Ghana Election Process
‘One Man, One Vote’
Ghana Elections – Dec 2012
Adoption of Biometric Technology in Elections
Ghana: First country to adopt biometric on both phases of the Elections
Biometric Voters Registration
AND
Biometric Verification on Election Day
2012 Ghana Elections President Mahama using Biometric Verification before casting his vote
Key figures
6 weeks of enrollment (+ 2 weeks for change of location)
> 14 million voters enrolled
Data Capture:
Biographic data
Facial image
Up to 10 fingerprints
99,6% of the fingerprint data of sufficient quality for deduplication
~60,000 candidate duplicates
Fraudulent / non-fraudulent
Fully transparent and conclusive outcome – exhibition of voter register
Biometric Voter Registration Phase 2012 National Elections Ghana
Challenges
230,000 registrations/day (avg.)
> 7,000 registration stations with > 32,000 operators
Tropical conditions
Daily news coverage
Results
~10 million voters biometrically verified at 26,000 polling stations
Problems encountered at 413 polling stations (late delivery of materials, batteries BVD, etc.)
resumed voting on second day
Close monitoring of independent observer teams (CODEO, Commonwealth, IEBC, AU etc.)
Simple process easily applied by properly trained operators
Fully transparent and conclusive election outcome
Challenges
Logistics: delivery of election materials
Provisioning of consumables (batteries)
Limited time for pilots
Limited time for operator recruitment and training
Biometric Verification on Election Day 2012 National Elections Ghana
Election Process
Can Biometric secure the principle of ‘One Man, One Vote’?
Arnd Langguth – Director Sales, GenKey Aweke Lemma – Director Sales, GenKey Michiel Loeff – Executive Director Sales, GenKey
The four pillars of fair elections
• Prevention Creating a “clean” voter registry
• Verification Reliable verification of voters
• Detection Recognize fraudulent ballots
• Correction Identify and remove fraudulent ballots
One man, one vote, that counts!
‘One Man, One Vote’
Challenge
Multiple registrations of the same individual
Solution
Voters register with their biometrics (fingerprints)
Central ABIS executes deduplication
Pillar 1: Prevention ‘One Man, One Vote’
The result is a clean registry per polling station, which will be used during Election Day to validate the eligibility of voters
Challenge
Imposter attempts to vote
(for example faked/stolen credentials)
Solution
Every voter gets biometrically verified at beginning of voting process
Ensures that only registered users can cast their vote
Prevents double voting by same voter or voting by unregistered individuals
Pillar 2: Verification ‘One Man, One Vote’
The result is that every verified voter that casts a vote is actually the same person that registered
Pillar 3: Detection
Challenge
Recognize that number of “expected” ballots differs from number of physical ballots (additional, faked ballots in the box)
Solution
Provide proof of (biometrically) verified voters
Biometric device traces every interaction (successes/failures/rejections)
At End-Of-Day reported successful verifications must match
‘One Man, One Vote’
The result is a reliable detection of fraudulent ballots
Solution
Ballot contains a unique barcode serial number
Serial numbers scanned with device directly after
biometric voter verification, and stored as a pool
of valid ballot IDs
Post election, the scanning of the barcode on the
casted ballot will show “valid” or “not-valid”
Pillar 4: Correction ‘One Man, One Vote’
The result is that every ballot counted is from a registered voter
Challenge
If more ballots in box than # of verified voters: identify the valid ballots in box WITHOUT compromising privacy of vote
Can Biometric secure the principle of ‘One Man, One Vote’?
Effective use of biometrics in elections will: Reduce election fraud substantially
Support the transparency of the voting process
Set an example of modern democracy by securing the principle: ‘One Man, One Vote’
Contact details
Michiel Loeff Arnd Langguth Aweke Lemma
Tel: +31 627 066 185 +49 1728 933 916 +31683250156 michiel.loeff@genkey.com arnd.langguth@genkey.com aweke.lemma@genkey.com
top related