Iris “fingerprinting” developed to prevent voter fraud
DOI: 10.1063/PT.5.028233
New Scientist : Somaliland may soon have the most advanced voter registration system in the world—one that uses iris recognition software. “Multiple registrations and multiple voting are a big issue in Somaliland,” says Mohamed Ahmed Hersi Geelleh, chairman of the National Electoral Commission (NEC) of Somaliland. Although officials have tried using fingerprinting and facial recognition software to address the problem of voter fraud, they have not proved 100% accurate. So Kevin Bowyer and his coworkers at the University of Notre Dame developed a system that uses algorithms to look for distinctive features such as furrows, rings, ridges, and freckles in the human iris. The iris-based biometric system appears to work well, even if the subjects try to alter their appearance through the use of colored or textured contact lenses.
