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

Georgia

Georgia

Answer
Not applicable
Source

OSCE/ODIHR Election Observation Mission Final Report, Georgia, Parliamentary Election, 8 and 30 October 2016

“The Public Service Development Agency (PSDA) within the Ministry of Justice is in the process of introducing biometric data in the state registry. To remove inconsistencies in VLs, door-to-door verification was conducted and facial recognition software is being used to remove duplicate records. In addition, a photograph of the voter is included on VLs, which, according to OSCE/ODIHR EOM interlocutors, appears to be largely accepted by the public.”

Comment

Voter lists are extracted from the database of the Public Service Development Agency; but this agency collects biometrics data (photos) which are used in identification of voters in polling stations.

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