Bosnia and Herzegovina debuts biometric voting in nationwide elections

Bosnia and Herzegovina's October 4 general elections marked the country's first nationwide use of biometric voter identification, ballot scanning and rapid results transmission. The system was run by IDDEEA with contractor Smartmatic BH; biometric identification succeeded in over 97% of cases and about 1.4 million citizens voted.

• Biometric identification success rate exceeded 97%
• About 1.4 million citizens cast their votes
• System deployed by IDDEEA with contractor Smartmatic BH
• No service interruptions reported on election day