{"id":4407,"date":"2017-04-07T09:43:04","date_gmt":"2017-04-07T09:43:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ec-undp-electoralassistance.net\/?p=4407"},"modified":"2018-09-27T08:25:56","modified_gmt":"2018-09-27T08:25:56","slug":"new-voter-identification-device-tested-in-armenia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ec-undp-electoralassistance.net\/en\/new-voter-identification-device-tested-in-armenia\/","title":{"rendered":"New Voter Identification Device tested in Armenia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[one_half]<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ec-undp-electoralassistance.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/ec-undp-jtf-New-Voter-Authentication-Devices-tested-in-Armenia-header.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3110\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ec-undp-electoralassistance.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/ec-undp-jtf-New-Voter-Authentication-Devices-tested-in-Armenia-header-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"New Voter Authentication Devices (VADs) tested in Armenia\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a>[\/one_half]<br \/>\n[one_half_last]On 12 February, the Central Electoral Commission (CEC) of Armenia conducted testing operations of new voter authentication device (VAD) with a view to preparing the organization of the upcoming parliamentary elections scheduled on 2 April 2017. with support from UNDP Country Office, the EU Delegation to Armenia participated to the observation of voter authentication testings in the communities of Varadanshen and Semyonvoka.[\/one_half_last]<br \/>\nThe main purpose of these tests is to identify any potential technical issues and come up with solutions ahead of the finalization of the softwares and procedures.<br \/>\nHow this voter identification equipment works is quite simple. The voter is requested to provide an identification document to the polling officer who will scan the document with the said equipment and check data displayed on the screen. The machine will inform whether the voter has come to cast ballot for the first time or whether the voter is correctly registered in the right area.<br \/>\nAt the time of the testing phase, some shortfalls have been identified and will be carefully looked at.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nVery important step in building confidence in electoral processes<br \/>\n<iframe title=\"VAD Testing\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nnQ87PDtYwI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\nThe assets of the new authentication technology are multiple. First, improved voter identification through VAD will contribute prevent from multiple voting in polling stations and from elections irregularities. The major added value of electronic identification device lies its ability to increase trust and confidence in elections among citizens. UK Ambassador to Armenia Ms Judith Farnworth stated that this voter authentication technology is a \u201cvery important step in building confidence of voters in the electoral processes\u201d and in building \u201cconfidence that the results will reflect the popular will\u201d.\u00a0 There is indeed a widespread hope and expectation among CEC staff members and members of the government of Armenia that VAD will result in more transparent and credible electoral processes.<br \/>\n\u201cThe European Union is providing more than 7 million EUR to support the implementation of \u00a0the new arrangements in Armenia\u201d says Ambassador and Head of the EU Delegation to Armenia Piotr Switalski. In January, Ambassador highlighted in a press conference the great cooperation of the EU and UNDP with regards to elections and welcomed the efforts of UNDP to make sure that \u201ceverything is in place for the election day\u201d. The United States, Germany and United Kingdom are also providing financial support to the electoral assistance in Armenia.<br \/>\nThese devices will be used for the first time in the country during the next parliamentary election scheduled on 2 April 2017.<br \/>\n________________________________________________________________________________________________________________<br \/>\n<em>Working hand in hand, the EU and UNDP are implementing a project \u201cSupport to the Electoral Process in Armenia (SEPA)\u201d, and as always mainstream gender equality dimension across all its activities.<\/em><br \/>\n<em>In addition, the JTF is currently finalizing a handbook for Electoral Management Bodies (EMBs) on youth participation in elections, which outlines both the challenges and potential solutions for the young women as they enter political life in their communities. This free publication will soon be available for download on our website.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[one_half][\/one_half] [one_half_last]On 12 February, the Central Electoral Commission (CEC) of Armenia conducted testing operations of new voter authentication device (VAD) with a view to preparing the organization of the upcoming parliamentary elections scheduled on 2 April 2017. with support from UNDP Country Office, the EU Delegation to Armenia participated to the observation of voter authentication [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":7272,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"acf":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ec-undp-electoralassistance.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4407\/"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ec-undp-electoralassistance.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ec-undp-electoralassistance.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post\/"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ec-undp-electoralassistance.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13\/"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ec-undp-electoralassistance.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments\/?post=4407"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ec-undp-electoralassistance.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4407\/revisions\/"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6807,"href":"https:\/\/www.ec-undp-electoralassistance.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4407\/revisions\/6807\/"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ec-undp-electoralassistance.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7272\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ec-undp-electoralassistance.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/?parent=4407"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ec-undp-electoralassistance.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories\/?post=4407"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ec-undp-electoralassistance.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags\/?post=4407"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}