Confusion over biometric verifications

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Kay 10 years ago

2016 elections could break this nation state.

2016 elections could break this nation state.
william 10 years ago

IEA should have helped commission an independent study the results of which would have been made public before bringing party reps to beat about the bush. The party reps should go into those retreats with a knowledge-based a ...
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IEA should have helped commission an independent study the results of which would have been made public before bringing party reps to beat about the bush. The party reps should go into those retreats with a knowledge-based approach facilitated by the said independent study and after preliminary discourse with their own. Mr Gedel's comments are very instructive! EC over to you. Don't allow yourselves to be marginalised.
Mends, The Lone Ranger. 10 years ago

Why should Ghanaians deliberate over this issue? I thought Injustice Atuguba and some of the corrupt Injustices have ruled over that already, that everyone can vote with going through the entire process. Expect war in Ghana c ...
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Why should Ghanaians deliberate over this issue? I thought Injustice Atuguba and some of the corrupt Injustices have ruled over that already, that everyone can vote with going through the entire process. Expect war in Ghana come 2016 as a result of this stupid and incomprehensible judgement.
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Kwaku 10 years ago

The point is the biometric machines that were purchased were inferior.2016 will definitely send this nation to hell.Everybody should carry his own biometric machine to the polling station.

The point is the biometric machines that were purchased were inferior.2016 will definitely send this nation to hell.Everybody should carry his own biometric machine to the polling station.
It,s me 10 years ago

Electronic voting machines will not discriminate contesting parties. some of the machines may just behave like the just ended biometric verification ones but this time you can not get some to bypass the machines whilst others ...
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Electronic voting machines will not discriminate contesting parties. some of the machines may just behave like the just ended biometric verification ones but this time you can not get some to bypass the machines whilst others are stopped by them.
Kojo T 10 years ago

Maintain it , but use alternatives as well . Do not forget technology is moving forward and new ways may be deviced in the future as well

Maintain it , but use alternatives as well . Do not forget technology is moving forward and new ways may be deviced in the future as well
SAM 10 years ago

Biometric machine problem is a problem but chief among the problems is buying of votes by the various parties. When this is alleged, no action is taken against the party. I don't know why the police or the EC do not investiga ...
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Biometric machine problem is a problem but chief among the problems is buying of votes by the various parties. When this is alleged, no action is taken against the party. I don't know why the police or the EC do not investigate such allegations. Such allegations are some of the happenings which start to heat tension in the country. The EC or the constitution must spell what counts as bribery during election time. The ruling government must also be restricted from spending our money in certain ways to buy votes from a group or from a community during election time. The constitution must touch on the behaviour. or actions of ruling parties during election time. What the party in power can do and cannot do must be spelled in the constitution, just to protect our coffers from misuse and allow fair elections.
william 10 years ago

Vote buying is under stress! Why? Many voters now collect and vote in the secrecy of the booth the way they deem fit! We shall be seeing more of this. The politicians will eventually be the losers because they will get indebt ...
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Vote buying is under stress! Why? Many voters now collect and vote in the secrecy of the booth the way they deem fit! We shall be seeing more of this. The politicians will eventually be the losers because they will get indebted. As the people get more vigilant and our institutions begin to roar there will be little room to manoeuvre.Our priority should be avoiding a situation where politicians dance to the tune of a powerful minority; avoid exclusion from voting because of unforeseen technicalities; dictatorship of non-signing of pink sheets by those doing so deliberately; blackmail by sore losers; manipulation of the system by politicians'etc.
BBC 10 years ago

only the finger print. my father was one of the machine rejected. but he were verified during the registration, but Rejected at the Voting Day so he couldn't Vote

only the finger print. my father was one of the machine rejected. but he were verified during the registration, but Rejected at the Voting Day so he couldn't Vote
Nicholas J Bedzo 10 years ago

This is Earlian to Ghana somebody must
be trained to man it.

This is Earlian to Ghana somebody must
be trained to man it.
PLUMBER 10 years ago

If out of 19 African countries, only one, namely Benin was able to use the biometric verification without problems, why did Ghanaians impose on themselves a system that was doomed to fail? Why? Why? Let no political party hol ...
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If out of 19 African countries, only one, namely Benin was able to use the biometric verification without problems, why did Ghanaians impose on themselves a system that was doomed to fail? Why? Why? Let no political party hold the EC to ransome this time round. We all know the party, but let that be in the past. We need a near foolproof system, not a trial and error, or gambling machine system.
Atsu Dorvlo 10 years ago

Can somebody explain the problem to me? The biometric machine is supposed to compare 2 finger prints, one taken at registration, the other taken during verification at voting time. If the machine we have cannot do this, get a ...
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Can somebody explain the problem to me? The biometric machine is supposed to compare 2 finger prints, one taken at registration, the other taken during verification at voting time. If the machine we have cannot do this, get another one. How many workshops do we need for this simple task?
OWEN, NEW YORK 10 years ago

At this 21st century common biometric machines cannot be built by Ghana. I"m sure Apostle Kwadjo Safo can build them if given her contract. When people are going to the moon we are learning how to steal government monies, cor ...
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At this 21st century common biometric machines cannot be built by Ghana. I"m sure Apostle Kwadjo Safo can build them if given her contract. When people are going to the moon we are learning how to steal government monies, corruption and illegal electricity connections, quick Sakawa money etc.
Dedie 10 years ago

Ghana politicians should stop playing fools`and start to introduce proper identification system' Benin nationals have to provide their birth certificate
before they can start school. and when they are 18 years it is compul ...
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Ghana politicians should stop playing fools`and start to introduce proper identification system' Benin nationals have to provide their birth certificate
before they can start school. and when they are 18 years it is compulsory,even before you can register for your high school exams,
JB Ansong 10 years ago

Ask your Apostle Kwadwo Safo, if he had ever heard about the word algorithm, let alone build a machine to compare images bit-by-bit.

Some of you jokers could truly compete Opia ( the greatest of Ghanaian jokers), if he w ...
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Ask your Apostle Kwadwo Safo, if he had ever heard about the word algorithm, let alone build a machine to compare images bit-by-bit.

Some of you jokers could truly compete Opia ( the greatest of Ghanaian jokers), if he were still alive.
DAN 10 years ago

you think this new idea??? military,and immigration already have them and are going to eye readers!

you think this new idea??? military,and immigration already have them and are going to eye readers!
Nicholas Adjei 10 years ago

The REturning officers,and Pooling Agents should be trained and must have a good education.The Biometric machine must be tested on Ghanians or tropicalised.The Returning officers and the Polling Agents should swear an Oath an ...
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The REturning officers,and Pooling Agents should be trained and must have a good education.The Biometric machine must be tested on Ghanians or tropicalised.The Returning officers and the Polling Agents should swear an Oath and be accountable. There should not be mathematical or clerical errors.The EC should be fair and think of GHANA.The pre-Election giving of presents to Chiefs etc should be treated as Bribery
Pelicles 10 years ago

This is the beginning of the Armageddonic days facing this nation of ours. Ghana, if care is not taken, will be shredded into pieces due to this biometric verification system that was sidelined by some disgruntled elements i ...
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This is the beginning of the Armageddonic days facing this nation of ours. Ghana, if care is not taken, will be shredded into pieces due to this biometric verification system that was sidelined by some disgruntled elements in Ghana.

If a law is enacted, it must be respected no matter what but not in Ghana. On the other hand, there must be alternatives as to "what to do if the system fails" but "our good-for-nothing" leaders did not think twice before putting the system into operation.
ghanani 10 years ago

It is good to go biometric. I doubt if Ghana has the resources to invest in very expensive equipment. The three step process should be adequate. But there is no need to be fixated on biometric verification. In any case th ...
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It is good to go biometric. I doubt if Ghana has the resources to invest in very expensive equipment. The three step process should be adequate. But there is no need to be fixated on biometric verification. In any case the EC should be resourced at least a year ahead of elections so they can go about the process without rushing.
Beejoe 10 years ago

Dr. Gedel, what is your domain? Are you telling us that the dactyloscopy recognition machine for the Whiteman is different from that of the Blackman? You guys are funny! So the FBI and other forensic investigation agents hav ...
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Dr. Gedel, what is your domain? Are you telling us that the dactyloscopy recognition machine for the Whiteman is different from that of the Blackman? You guys are funny! So the FBI and other forensic investigation agents have two different sets of fingerprint machines? Please don't tell us what you don't know, Dr. Typical Ghanaian PhD holder; with PhD, he knows everything! Any good fingerprint machine is just like a DNA testing machine. Its universal. You need some tutorials on biometrics!
Yawusu 10 years ago

Beejoe,I agree with you.I want to ask Dr.Gedel which biometric machines are used for people of African background who live in Bitain,America for example.Please,our leaders don't mislead us unless some one can prove to us ther ...
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Beejoe,I agree with you.I want to ask Dr.Gedel which biometric machines are used for people of African background who live in Bitain,America for example.Please,our leaders don't mislead us unless some one can prove to us there are adifferent biometric machines for Africans and thei children anywhere in the world.I have not heard anything like this.
Abba 10 years ago

CORRUPT EC, CORRUPT SUPREME COURT. MAYBE RAWADA TYPE OF WAR IS GOING TO TEACH US SENSE IN 2016 ELECTIONS IF...

CORRUPT EC, CORRUPT SUPREME COURT. MAYBE RAWADA TYPE OF WAR IS GOING TO TEACH US SENSE IN 2016 ELECTIONS IF...
K.Twum 10 years ago

So only organization which is not corrupt is NPP right?

So only organization which is not corrupt is NPP right?
Election Expert 10 years ago

" ..... the biometric verification machines used for the 2012 elections .... did not necessarily conform to the fingerprint structure of Ghanaianss." This is a nice statement from an expert on biometric elections! Little wond ...
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" ..... the biometric verification machines used for the 2012 elections .... did not necessarily conform to the fingerprint structure of Ghanaianss." This is a nice statement from an expert on biometric elections! Little wonder every Ghanaian who goes to hospital is diagnosed as having Blood Pressure and/or diabetes, because the machines used to check/test blood pressure and/or blood samples were manufactured under standards alien to the black man. We better be careful with the medicines that come from abroad, because they were manufactured under different standards than Africa! It is about time Africans manufactured devices that will work in Africa!!
Kojo T 10 years ago

We better be careful with the medicines that come from abroad, because they were manufactured under different standards than Africa! It is about time Africans manufactured devices that will work in Africa Well said

We better be careful with the medicines that come from abroad, because they were manufactured under different standards than Africa! It is about time Africans manufactured devices that will work in Africa Well said
Dadwen 10 years ago

Just what are you trying to imply?...that hospitals in the west have two sets of diagnostic equipment---one for blacks and another for whites? And medications? Let us take a simple example: Metformin which is the medication f ...
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Just what are you trying to imply?...that hospitals in the west have two sets of diagnostic equipment---one for blacks and another for whites? And medications? Let us take a simple example: Metformin which is the medication for controlling blood sugar levels in diabetics is the same for blacks and whites everywhere. Unlike humans, diagnostic equipment and medications do not have a racial divide. Some illness may be more prevalent in certain races than others and that is just a fact of life.

But look... biometric verification is such an important barometer for ensuring transparency in our electoral system that we need to thread carefully when looking at ways to make the existing one better...and here we are rushing like the world is ending tomorrow.

Yes, we have to practice democracy to suit our people and not necessarily modeled to the west's. But there lies the big catch: our constitution at the moment in many important aspects follows the American model. The American constitution though, unlike the British constitution which is predominantly unwritten as we all know, happens to be the shortest written constitution in the world, and yet changing just one line in that constitution takes long and tedious debate and discussions in the congress and at the judiciary level...and for a good reason: to prevent zealot and power-hungry politicians to change aspects of the constitution to suit their own beck and call.

The results of the 2012 election taught us that there is a need for electoral reforms...BUT NOT SO FAST.
Victor A. Young 10 years ago

Do you mean we should wait till the 2016 elections only to realise that another fraud has been committed by another party, say NDC? I don't get it!

Well if you may know, I've always tried to alert or inform Ghanaians, eve ...
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Do you mean we should wait till the 2016 elections only to realise that another fraud has been committed by another party, say NDC? I don't get it!

Well if you may know, I've always tried to alert or inform Ghanaians, even before the 2008 elections that our voting system needs to be reorganized and that the NDC by the help of the EC have rigged elections sine 1992.

There should massive overhaul of our electoral system. Kwadjo Afari-Gyan should be removed immediately before he gets another change to tell Ghanaians that we're fools; that he's clever than everybody and he has the power to do whatever he likes when it comes to elections.

People should have been sentenced to various terms of imprisonment to serve as a deterrent to election crime. Unfortunately, some of still believe it's all okay and that election fraud is cool thing to accept by all.
DAN 10 years ago

everybody agrees that even ( a lie) didn't steal the election,he fucked it up..So he needs to be sacked immediate!

everybody agrees that even ( a lie) didn't steal the election,he fucked it up..So he needs to be sacked immediate!
Kofi 10 years ago

Why did the EC not learn from Benin then?

Why did the EC not learn from Benin then?
STAPH-PHILADELPHIA 10 years ago

This is a simple issue. Voters should be made to have an alternative finger prints stored apart from the thumb during registration. It could be the thumb and the fore finger, the thumb and the middle finger or the index finge ...
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This is a simple issue. Voters should be made to have an alternative finger prints stored apart from the thumb during registration. It could be the thumb and the fore finger, the thumb and the middle finger or the index finger.
Sankofa 10 years ago

The current practice is to take finger prints of all ten fingers.

The current practice is to take finger prints of all ten fingers.
Seth 10 years ago

Why not allow the present Biometric Verification System to stay; and have a general automatic photographic monitors, such as used at shopping and other public areas, installed at all voting centers? These independent automati ...
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Why not allow the present Biometric Verification System to stay; and have a general automatic photographic monitors, such as used at shopping and other public areas, installed at all voting centers? These independent automatic photos would provide specific material to check later should any questions be raised about a particular voting center.
JB Ansong 10 years ago

"admitted that the biometric verification machines used for the 2012 elections may have just been picked off the self and did not necessarily conform to the fingerprint structure of Ghanaians. ..."

Biometric verification s ...
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"admitted that the biometric verification machines used for the 2012 elections may have just been picked off the self and did not necessarily conform to the fingerprint structure of Ghanaians. ..."

Biometric verification system ONLY compare IMAGES and nothing more.
They simply compare the current finger print (in image format) with alreday stored one and use highly probability algorithm to decide if both are the same or not.

This man (Dr Ahmed) may need to look for another job than an election expert, because he has no clue to what he is doing.
Victor A. Young 10 years ago

Afari-Gyan is an old horse and needs to be ousted from the EC's top position; he lacks modern ideas. He should leave the scene for younger and more knowledgeable people to manage the EC.

Afari-Gyan was going for 500dpi sca ...
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Afari-Gyan is an old horse and needs to be ousted from the EC's top position; he lacks modern ideas. He should leave the scene for younger and more knowledgeable people to manage the EC.

Afari-Gyan was going for 500dpi scanners for the elections and had to be challenged by NPP before he changed his mind, citing lack of funds as his reasons. So it's no surprise that he purchased to inferior quality thumb readers for the voting which had problems. Afari-Gyan and his NDC people think they know better than everyone in the country and won't allow people to tell them what is right.

Wanting to remain in power the NDC has succeeded in using the EC as well as the Supreme Court to impose themselves on Ghanaians. It's funny to hear Rawlings praising Atuguba when everyone knows that the man was biased in his verdict. It's a sad, sad situation. I wonder where Ghana is heading to with all the crap going on. May God help Ghana.
... ... ... 10 years ago

Didn't Atuguba and his friends say there were no problems with biometric verifications in their judgment?

Didn't Atuguba and his friends say there were no problems with biometric verifications in their judgment?
DAN 10 years ago

You register if new to area 6 months before an election. You county(city) assigns you to place to vote in your area. That place has you listed on their rolls and you provide id(in some states) otherwise you sign papers letti ...
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You register if new to area 6 months before an election. You county(city) assigns you to place to vote in your area. That place has you listed on their rolls and you provide id(in some states) otherwise you sign papers letting you know that you will go to prison for falsely voting more than 1 time or if you not a citizen of the country..
KOFI 10 years ago

HOW CAN RAWLINGS CONDAMN JUDICIARY OF THEIR CORUPTION AND AT THE SAME TIME PRAISE THAT JUSTICE ATUBUGA?. IS JUSTICE ATUBUGA NOT FROM JDICIARY? WHAT IS WRONG WITH THIS MAN RAWLING?

HOW CAN RAWLINGS CONDAMN JUDICIARY OF THEIR CORUPTION AND AT THE SAME TIME PRAISE THAT JUSTICE ATUBUGA?. IS JUSTICE ATUBUGA NOT FROM JDICIARY? WHAT IS WRONG WITH THIS MAN RAWLING?
Woman's Wisdom 10 years ago

That foolish Atuguba and three others among the Supreme court judges said there is no need to verify voters so why are we debating over this? No verification Yes vote and the day is designed for war in Ghana so just stop the ...
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That foolish Atuguba and three others among the Supreme court judges said there is no need to verify voters so why are we debating over this? No verification Yes vote and the day is designed for war in Ghana so just stop the nonsense. We will see what happens in 2016... it will be war, war, war all over the pooling stations because everybody is Omanhene of their hometown and we will vote as many as we want, bringing in foreign materials into the ballot boxes. All the nonsense will be done to confirm Atuguba's foolish stance of not finding anything wrong with 2012 elections. That day will be war all over the country because we no go sit down make them cheat us everyday, walai!

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