Zambia: Government puts IT to use in October presidential election

The Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) will use biometric data to identify those replacing their lost voter registration cards for the Oct. 30 presidential election. The election follows the Aug. 19 death of President Levy Mwanawasa at Percy Military Hospital in Paris. The ECZ has already established a permanent register, capturing biometric data from voters in the form of fingerprints, said ECZ deputy director of IT Brown Kasaro in an interview.