According to reports, the country plans to introduce a compulsory biometric card that will limit individuals’ food purchases.
The event which took place in Venezuela last Sunday, October 7, was technologically innovative: for the first time in the world, national elections were carried out with biometric voter authentication to activate the voting machines. “Already back in 2004 we conducted the first national election worldwide with printed voting vouchers; yesterday we proved that we keep setting trends, as we carried out the first national election with biometric activation of the voting machines,” added Mugica.
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According to Venezuelan authorities, no problems were detected during the simulated vote which was held on Sunday.
More than 4,000 touch-screen voting machines and biometric identification devices, which have been installed for the September 26 elections, were used during the test, Associated Press reported.
Finding out through an e-mail that the garbage truck is nearby; submitting forms at government offices without the need to go out, and the fact that security agencies can know the exact location of their officers or control traffic lights and emergency units through satellite images, all of these look like scenes taken from a futuristic film. However, they are very close to reality in Chacao.
Im Auftrag des Innenministeriums von Venezuela liefert die Bundesdruckerei-Gruppe Polycarbonat-Passkarten sowie ein komplettes Personalisierungs-System für ePässe in das südamerikanische Land. Ab März dieses Jahres will Venezuela damit beginnen, ePässe an seine Bürger auszugeben. Es ist damit das erste Land in Lateinamerika, das Reisepässe mit integriertem Chip einführt. Venezuela will rund 2,5 Millionen ePässe jährlich ausstellen.
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