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To: Hockeyfan who wrote (9513)	7/23/1998 4:37:00 PM
From: David	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 26039

By way of comparison, here is the IDX press release on the Turkish system, which is about the same network size as Mexico. It looks like IDX may have been a bit more expensive (750K v. 450K): FOR RELEASE March 17, 1998 AT 7:30 AM EST Contact: Damon Wright (investors) Owen Daley (media) Allen & Caron Inc 714-252-8440 First national legislative body to adopt biometric verification SIEMENS EMPLOYS IDENTIX TECHNOLOGY FOR BIOMETRIC SYSTEM TO ASSIST VOTE TALLIES, PREVENT FRAUD IN TURKISH PARLIAMENT SUNNYVALE, CA (March 17, 1998)....Identix Inc (ASE:IDX), a leader worldwide in live-scan identification and biometric identification verification systems, reported today that its Identix International subsidiary provided TouchSafe II„ technology, under a contract valued at about $750,000, to Siemens AG/Vienna as the biometric verification component of a Siemens-designed integrated conferencing and voting system now operational at the Turkish Parliament. The system is believed to be the world's first such biometric-based attendance and vote verification system for a national legislative body. The Ankara-based system services 568 elected Parliament deputies. Principal systems integration was performed by a Siemens subsidiary, Siemens AG/Karlsruhe, as part of a major refurbishment of the Parliament building and its facilities to reflect the latest technologies. According to a Siemens AG/Karlsruhe spokesperson, the Identix components were chosen because of Siemens' "prior positive experiences with the Identix technology used in security systems we installed, primarily for building access control, throughout Germany and in other European countries. "The Siemens reputation for first-class technology, equipment and performance," he said, "is now the foundation for a first-ever system that both substantially speeds vote tallies and protects members from possible outside fraud. It was important that the biometric verification component would ensure optimal results." Identix's TouchSafe II optical scanners are built into the deputies' desks, together with video screens that offer instructions for attendance verification -- which can be taken at any time at the Chairman's discretion -- and voting options by simply touching the screens. After an individual personal identification number is entered on the touchscreen, the scanner optically reads the deputy's forefingerprint, with instant verification achieved by matching what is read with an electronic template previously recorded in a main Identix Process Board. All 568 desks are networked by Identix's Lan III„ software. The system not only verifies individual attendance by desk location, but also signals requests for delegate speaking times and verifies each vote at each desk, again by the touch of a finger on the TouchSafe scanner. "Thus, not only can the Siemens system save considerable time in counting votes -- with corresponding complete accuracy -- but there can be an irrefutable vote audit trail and no chance of fraud," the Siemens spokesperson commented. He added that representatives of other countries have already expressed interest in the Turkish Parliament system and are monitoring overall performance.