Does the country provide individual online voter registration/polling assignment checks?
Sierra Leone
Answer
No
Source
THE PUBLIC ELECTIONS ACT, 2012
28. Within forty days after the expiry of the date fixed under
section 22 for the registration of voters, the Electoral Commission
shall compile a provisional list of all voters registered for each ward
and shall, by Government Notice in Form D of the Second Schedule,
specify the places within that ward where a copy of the provisional
list shall be exhibited by the Electoral Commission for the review of
the public; but if it becomes necessary or expedient, the provisional
list or any part of it may be exhibited in any sub-ward to which it
relates.
http://www.sierra-leone.org/Laws/2012-04.pdf
28. Within forty days after the expiry of the date fixed under
section 22 for the registration of voters, the Electoral Commission
shall compile a provisional list of all voters registered for each ward
and shall, by Government Notice in Form D of the Second Schedule,
specify the places within that ward where a copy of the provisional
list shall be exhibited by the Electoral Commission for the review of
the public; but if it becomes necessary or expedient, the provisional
list or any part of it may be exhibited in any sub-ward to which it
relates.
http://www.sierra-leone.org/Laws/2012-04.pdf
Comment
For the 2012 electoral cycle, the NEC introduced the application of biometrics in the voter registration process. The use of biometrics for identification of voters is becoming increasingly popular in several jurisdictions. This involved the capturing of the elector?s fingerprints which are then cross-matched in the database to detect duplicate or multiple registration. Once duplicate or multiple registrations has been detected then criminal proceedings may be initiated against such persons.
The registration and verification process can only be done in person and not online.
The registration and verification process can only be done in person and not online.
