The new digital ID will arrive in December

The National Registry is finalizing details to issue the new digital card for Colombians, which will be in force from December, in accordance with the provisions of the electoral reform project presented to the Congress of the Republic by the electoral authorities.

Among the virtues of the new document is the possibility of carrying out online procedures through the mobile device enabled for this purpose. The digital card will also allow online voting, a controversial section within the electoral reform project.

The ID will be multipurpose, so maintain a high standard that prevents forgery, alteration, manipulation, impersonation, it is a priority for the National Registry.

Encryption mechanisms will prevent forgery or adulteration, as well as facilitate identity authentication through the biometrics.

The new ID will have two formats: digital, on smartphone devices; physical, customized in polycarbonate.

Due to technical inconveniences related to the support technology necessary to run the chip, the Registrar’s Office chose to use the QR code, more versatile and safe for the purposes of this document.

The QR facilitates validation through smart devices. It has a plus: the MRZ code (Mechanical Reading Zone or Must-Readable Zone by its English name) that will allow the new ID to be used as a travel document. The Registrar’s Office affirms that the use of the codes facilitates interoperability between documents and citizens on the network.

For the Registrar, there are two major categories of vote in its bill.: face-to-face and not face-to-faceFurthermore, the implementation of a system of this type should guarantee manual / traditional and electronic options. However, Such implementation will be gradual, with pilot plans aimed at testing technologies and voter behaviors..

As regards the new ID, remote electronic type votes, that is, they are those issued outside a voting station and exercised through an electronic means, and remote electronic advance votes, deposited prior to the date of the corresponding electoral event, through the electronic mechanism available, will be tested in a pilot plan with Colombians residing abroad.

Assisted technologies will be implemented for this type of voting in 2022, without meaning abrupt changes in the electoral system. However, 2026 It is in the sights as the year in which a fundamental change can be made to said system by implementing electronic and remote votes, tested with fellow citizens living abroad.

The new digital ID will include biographical data such as document number, names, surnames, place and date of issue, place and date of birth, sex, photograph and signature. Initially, it will be addressed to those who voluntarily request it through the duplication mechanism. The cost will not exceed the current value of the yellow card with hologram, which is $ 46,100. The first digital cards will be available from December 2020.

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