Is technology used for identifying voters at polling stations (electronic poll books)?

Bhutan

Bhutan

Answer
Yes, offline/only access to polling station registration data
Source

Election Commission of Bhutan: Instruction for Production and Issuance of Electoral Rolls and Voter Photo Identity Cards (VPIC) (2018), accessed 29 October 2018

Checklist for the Production of Electoral Roll and VPIC

5.1 The Department of Electoral Registration and Delimitation and ICT Division shall ensure that, in production of the Electoral Rolls and VPICs, care is taken so that:

5.1.1 All details of a voter, including Mitsi, are entered correctly;

5.1.2 The serial number of the Voters’ Lists is reflected on the top corner of every page for easy reference:

5.1.3 Information in the Electoral Roll and theVPIC are one and the same; […]

5.1.7 Where possible, a laptop with the electronic copy (called E-Roll) of the Voters’List is provided to each Polling Station;

5.1.8 Training is given on the use of the Electoral Roll search system; [...]

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