Is the biometric data used in voter identification at polling stations?

Albania

Albania

Answer
Yes
Source

Albania, Electoral Code (Law no. 10 019, 29 December 2008, last amended in 2 April 2015), accessed 17 September 2018

Article 105. Presentation of voters at the voting centre

1. After entering the voting centre:

a) the voter states the name and presents to the VCC one of the following official valid identity documents bearing biometric data:

i) identity card; or

ii) passport; […]

c) after verifying that the data about the identity of the voter correspond to those on the voter list and that the voter is the same as the person on the identity document, the Chair records the type and serial number of the identity document on the voter list and draws a line through the name of the voter on this list;

ç) the voter signs the voter list next to his/her name; […]

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