Safran (Morpho) says it has contributed to the successful organisation of the Egyptian parliamentary elections, whose results were officially announced on 4 December 2015.During the elections the government deployed biometric MorphoTablets to secure the voting process. The MorphoTablets were used to organise the different stages of the process, including registration of voters and verification of their ID cards, in order to determine eligibility to vote. A total of 2000 MorphoTablets were deployed, together with Morpho front and back-office applications, including all training and logistics for operating the MorphoTablet inside the voting stations.MorphoTablet is a mobile biometric solution which can be deployed for large-scale enrolment or registration. It is a touchscreen device, which captures biometric data (fingerprints and face) to verify the identities of users. It reads contact and contactless smart cards and communicates through Bluetooth, Wi-Fi and cellular networks.According to the company the benefits of using a biometric tablet for an electoral project are multifold. Not only does use of the MorphoTablet help prevent identity fraud, but also reduces paperwork, facilitates faster operations and reduces voting times and queues for registering voters. MorphoTablet can also generate statistics, including information on real-time voter turnout.Morpho has previously contributed to the organisation of elections in Egypt, including the Constitutional referendum in January 2014, followed by the Presidential election in May of that same year."We are very pleased to partner again with the Egyptian government in the area of identity management," says Anne Bouverot, chair and CEO of Morpho. "Egypt was the first country to use MorphoTablets for electoral purposes, and we are grateful for its trust in our solutions. We appreciate the enthusiasm the Egyptian government shares about the use of biometrics in general to facilitate identity management for the country."

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