If the EMB uses technology to collect voter registration data, is biometric data captured and used during registration?

Ghana, Public Elections (Voter Registration) Regulations (CI 91) of 2016, accessed 27 September 2018

Functions of a registration assistant

6. A registration assistant shall

(a) capture the required biometric and biographic information of applicants;

(b) print the voter identification and;

(c) laminate the voter identification card; and

(d) carry out any other duties assigned to that registration assistant by the registration officer.

EU Election Observation Mission, Ghana General Elections, 2016, FINAL REPORT, accessed 27 September 2018

“Ghana uses an active registration system whereby potential voters are required to personally visit the registration centre during a specified period and prove their identity using one of the four accepted ID documents or by the identification guarantee form signed by two registered voters. Then the biometric data – a photograph and ten fingerprints – are captured and barcoded in the voter register and on the voter ID card which is issued instantly on the spot. Voters registered ahead of the 2012 and 2015 elections in principle did not have to register again.”