There we're quite a few interesting developments in the world of biometrics yesterday that I didn't get a chance to highlight here...
Two of them have to do with biometric elections in Africa. First, it looks like the on-again-off-again biometric voter roll for Kenya may be on again. If it is, you'll certainly see more on the matter here. If you need a chance to catch up on the saga, here's our most recent post on the subject.
Meanwhile there's considerable interest in applying biometric technology to voter registration in Zimbabwe. Other Zimbabwe posts are here. Biometric voter systems have a lot to recommend them, especially in young democracies or those with a civil society emerging as a potent force capable of holding governments responsive to the rule of law. Zimbabwe's democracy problems don't seem to be the kind that are solved with information technology.
