Bolivia Proyect Biometric ElectoralRegister Bolivia

5 million citizens registered in only 75 days 2,850 registration stations in Bolivia and 150 abroad An average registration time of only 3 minutes per citizen Over 3,500 people trained in record time. 34,179 support calls processed. 99% effectiveness of the National Support Call Center Inventory management of over 50000 components, including equipment and peripherals

Achievements

The ProjectThe First Biometric Electoral Register carried out by the National Electoral Court of Bolivia was a massive project tasked with the registration and identification of some 3.5 million citizens throughout the country and 211,092 nationals residing abroad in the record time of 75 days, using 3,000 registration stations.

Bolivia’s Biometric Register came up as an electoral initiative with the purpose of cleansing and updating the nation’s voter database efficiently and transparently, as well as incorporating the vote of Bolivian nationals residing abroad.

Every Bolivian citizen over the age of 18 was required to go a registration center to log his personal information into the new system. The voters submitted their biographic data (first and last names, address, education level, etc.) as well as biometric data (fingerprints, photograph and digitized signature).

Background

Smartmatic Solution Smartmatic supplied the technology and logistics and support integral services to the "Biometric Electoral Register" project of the National Electoral Court of Bolivia. Smartmatic supplied the following:

1. Biometric Registration and Production Management software

2. Peripherals for the Voter Registration Kits

3. Integral Logistics and Support Services a. Configuration and distribution of the registration stations b. Setting up and management of the National Support Center c. Technical support on the field, on a national level d. Integral support for the registration of Bolivians abroad e. Personnel management and training services

4. Methodology for the Management of Complex Projects

5. National deployment in a landscape with severe altitude differences

6. Personnel training

7. Technical support for 3 years

Impact on Electoral Participation

Creation of a reliable automated National Electoral Register

An increase of the Electoral Register of over 40%

Registration of 169,096 Bolivians living abroad

A 9% increase in electoral participation

TechnologySmartmatic ‘s solution was selected by the multinational NEC to capture the biometric and biographic information and other personal documents of over 5 million Bolivian voters, which was compiled in a database of over 1.5 TB in size. As long as privacy and security were critical concerns, symmetric encryption algorithms were applied to the information captured at the stations. All information packets were then digitally signed prior to being transmitted. At the data centers, the digitally-signed data were then validated, not only at the syntactical and semantical levels, but also at the technological level by verifying their origin through digital signatures in the information packets sent by the stations. The level of security of this solution is comparable with the one used in banking systems, with security features such as AES 256 encryption, an independent Certification Authority, SSL tunnels, redundant configurations, and the possibility of secure transmissions via Internet.

Every biometric registration station was equipped with the following devices:

Continent: AmericaCapital: SucreEstimated population: 9,775,246 Type of government: Republic. Social Unitarian State

National Electoral Court of BoliviaThe nation’s highest electoral authority, based in La Paz. Boliviaaaaaa

Laptop computerSignature pad

Digital camera

PrintersBackground banner for photographs

Document scanner TripodsVoltage regulator

Fingerprint scanner

“Bolivia’s top-notch electoral register has its origins in the citizens themselves, who have come massively to register. . It is not just the technology invested what is impressive; the purity of this register resides in the millions of Bolivians who came and stood in lines for hours”.

| Pablo Gutiérrez / Director de la OEA

“We’ve witnessed good results. We congratulate the Organo Electoral Plurinacional (OEP). So far they have exhibited a capable, impartial and technically adequate work, which helps a lot. The message from Bolivians who are betting on democracy and want clean elections is strong”.

|René Joaquino / Candidato de Alianza Social

Words from the experts

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