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

Togo

Togo

Answer
Yes, both fingerprint scans and photos
Source

CENI,  Recrutement CENI 2018 (Recruitment notice posted in the EMB website), accessed 22 December 2018

Gnamsou, B., Législative de décembre 2018 : La CENI prête pour le recensement electoral, Togo Presse, 24 September 2018, accessed 22 December 2018

Comment

Recruitment notice (in French) posted in the CENI website provides information about hiring 4600 operators to work with the biometrics kits during voter registration organized across the country. According to the news article published by Togo Presse (see Source), the biometrics data captured during voter registration include the photos and fingerprints of voters. 

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