Abstract

The Somaliland government web site includes the slogan: ‘Recognition – The number one priority for the Somaliland government’. Part of the effort to achieve international recognition includes holding elections that are respected as fair and that enable peaceful, political transitions. This article summarises the role that biometrics – face, finger, and iris – is playing in creating voter registration lists in Somaliland. Specifically, this article describes Somaliland's efforts to move to iris recognition in an effort to create a voter registration list for the upcoming elections scheduled in 2015.

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