CNE Brings Transparency to Voting with
Cross Match Livescan Solution - 18th
August, 2009
L SCAN Guardian System Deployment Now Underway Throughout Bolivia
PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla.- Cross Match Technologies, Inc., a global provider of biometric
identity solutions, was selected by Bolivia’s national electoral commission to help modernize its
voter registration process.
Corte Nacional Electoral (CNE) recently selected Cross Match Technologies to provide more
than 2,400 L SCAN Guardian® systems to help it implement a biometric-based voter
registration program. The Guardian ten-print capture scanners are being incorporated into
portable, mobile voter registration and enrollment stations throughout Bolivia to help register
more than four million voters—facilitating a transparent and secure voting system.
Enrollment consists of collecting a digital photograph, obtaining demographic information such
as name, age and address, and capturing the fingerprints of all registered voters. The record is
then stored in a central database to be used for comparison when the individual presents
himself to vote. “The biometric enrollment will help to protect voters by assisting in the
elimination of voter fraud,” explains Bill Dumont, Senior Vice President Worldwide Sales and
Marketing at Cross Match.
CNE will rely on Guardian, which is designed for rapid forensic-quality fingerprint capture, to
implement the biometric-based voter registration program. The ten-print scanner has unique
features, such as patented auto capture capability and Perfect Roll™ technology for foolproof
fingerprint acquisition and easy enrollment. “Guardian is an excellent choice for Bolivia’s voter
registration program,” states Dumont. “The Bolivian Corte Nacional Electoral made an
exhaustive technical evaluation of the proposed solutions. I am pleased to report that the
Guardian scanner was awarded a perfect performance score, which far exceeded the nearest
competitor.”
In preparation for Bolivia’s national elections in December 2009