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

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Answer
Yes, both fingerprint scans and photos
Source

Tribunal Electoral, Dirección Nacional de Cedulación: Servicios de Cedulación, accessed 18 May 2019

Comment

Ever since January 1999, biometric technology is used when issuing personal identification documents as a means of preventing the attempts of impersonation. At first, only two fingerprints were automatically verified. In August 2008, the facial recognition was included as additional automatic identity verification. A third innovation took place in March 2010 with the scanning of all 10 fingerprints.

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