International Foundation for Electoral Systems: In Balsa Nova, Brazil, a collection of fingerprints were taken via biometric identification on Election Day to identify registered voters.
International Foundation for Electoral Systems: A poll worker uses a laptop to transmit votes to the district court in Brazil.
International Foundation for Electoral Systems: A woman feeds her ballot into a precinct count optical scan (PCOS) machine in a precinct in Taguig City, Philippines, during the country’s first automated election on May 2010.
International Foundation for Electoral Systems: A poll worker tests and programs electronic voting machines for the 2010 presidential elections in Brazil.
International Foundation for Electoral Systems: During the 2013 parliamentary elections in Jordan, candidates competed for airtime to campaign.
International Foundation for Electoral Systems: Radio is one of the most accessible mass media outlets in Malawi.
International Foundation for Electoral Systems: A data transmission kit is used for reporting election results in polling places in remote regions that are difficult to access.
International Foundation for Electoral Systems: Individual monitors are aligned in the gym of Ismail Qemali High School in Tirana, Albania, for voters to watch as ballots are tabulated.
International Foundation for Electoral Systems: A significant aspect of IFES’ work in Albania was to assist the Central Election Commission in creating media centers.
International Foundation for Electoral Systems: New technologies and systems are continually being developed to expedite the transmission of results.