For years, the Fijian Elections Office (FEO) and Electoral Services International Inc. (ESI) have had a strong partnership. The original bond was strengthened when ESI assisted the FEO with their Biometric Voter Registration (BVR) project in 2012 in advance of their highly successful 2014 General Election. Ever since this abovementioned BVR exercise, ESI has been
Registered voters in the Kingdom of Lesotho voted in democratic elections on June 3, 2017. The people participated in Lesotho’s third general election since 2012. The results are in! In what was largely viewed as a two-horse-race from the beginning, former Prime Minister Thomas Thabane (All Basotho Congress-ABC) won 48 parliamentary seats while another former
On Thursday April 6, 2017, Parliamentary Elections took place in The Gambia. These were the first National Assembly Elections to take place since the Presidential Election in December of 2016 when Gambians voted in new President Adama Barrow to lead the West African nation. The Chairman of the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) Alieu Momarr Njai
Greetings and salutations, With holidays fast approaching and with the end of the year drawing near, it is most appropriate that at this time we reflect on another year that was. 2016 was a successful one for ESI. We saw the return of several repeat customers, satisfied first time customers and we also signed a
To the attention of all guests attending the 12th ICPS International Electoral Affairs Symposium in Swakopmund, Namibia including Electoral Management Bodies (EMBs), Election Commissions (ECs), donor organizations, electoral observers, private companies, public companies and individuals alike: How important is a job well done? In a global marketplace where dollars can be scarce and voter confidence
Burkina Faso holds historic election on Sunday November 29, 2015 using new transparent ballot boxes from ESI. New design, new colours, new format with an increased level of transparency. The Commission Electorale Nationale Indépendante (CENI) in Ouagadougou is now breathing a sigh of relief with elections behind them and out of the way. On the
Much like their South Pacific neighbors in Fiji, Solomon Islanders can now use their Electoral Services International (ESI) designed voter cards to open bank accounts at several banking institutions in Solomon Islands. Sylvester Hirogagana, from the Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited (ANZ) in Honiara, informed our very own Gordon Sinclair, Vice President Marketing
Despite several natural disasters experienced in 2014 alone, biometric voter registration continues and registration numbers in Solomon Islands continue to rise. A quarter of a million Solomon Islanders have registered in country-wide voter registration centres so far for what will be an election at the tail end of 2014. ESI has been in Honiara for
All of the materials have arrived in the capital city of Honiara for their biometric voter registration. The final steps of tuning the kits are underway. The computers have been imaged, the people have been trained and the materials are ready for in-country dispatching. Everything is ready to fire on all cylinders. Their customized multi-biometric