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October 4, 2025
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Over 7,000 new voters registered as IEBC rolls out iris scan technology

Over 7,000 new voters registered as IEBC rolls out iris scan technology

Over 7,000 new voters registered as IEBC rolls out iris scan technology..

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The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) has reported 7,048 new voter registrations and 259 transfers in the last four days of their ongoing drive. The IEBC has also introduced iris scan technology to enhance voter identification accuracy and reliability.

  • A total of 7,048 new voters and 259 transfers were recorded in the past four days by the IEBC.
  • Erastus Ethekon, IEBC chairperson, announced the integration of iris scans to complement existing biometric identifiers like fingerprints and facial photographs.
  • The IEBC aims to register 6.3 million new voters during the current registration drive, which relaunched on September 29, 2025.

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