Report blames biometrics for Mozambique poll irregularities; Laxton hits back

An investigative report has demonstrated that irregularities persist in elections in Africa despite the governments presenting election technology such as biometrics registration and verification systems as some sort of a panacea for fraud. A response from Laxton, the country’s biometric voter registration technology supplier, refutes many of the central points of the report.

The report, which is the second in a series, specifically looks at the case of Mozambique where results have been reportedly truncated despite a biometric voter registration …

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