Is the biometric data used in voter identification at polling stations?
Montenegro
Montenegro, International Election Observation Mission, 'Statement of Preliminary Findings and Conclusions', Presidential Election 15 April 2018, Voter Registration, accessed 7 August 2019
" On 2 April, the Centre for Democratic Transition (CDT) requested that the MoI check a separate fingerprint database against the data in the voter list to determine if more than one fingerprint was linked to several identification documents, which might allow for multiple voting. The MOI run a crosscheck between the databases and 89 voters fingerprints were linked to several identification documents. According to the MOI these voters will be allowed to vote but the matter will be investigated further after the election day. The voter list was closed 10 days before election day and the SEC announced that the total number of voters is 532,599 voters. The accuracy of the voter list continued to be a concern among many ODIHR EOM interlocutors.
Despite the use of Electronic Voter Identification Devices (EVID) to identify voters’ documents on election day, opposition parties and civil society organizations alleged that the voter list contains voters living abroad and deceased, and can be potentially used to inflate the turnout on election day. However, no evidence of such practices was produced to the ODIHR EOM and the public and no complaints were filed."