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

IFES, Elections in Malawi, 2019 General Elections Frequently Asked Questions, accessed 20 May 2019

“How was voter registration conducted?

For previous elections, Malawi has always used a paper-based process for voter registration. However, for these elections the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) introduced a new biometric voter registration (BVR) system in June 2018. This BVR system used national identification (ID) cards as the only acceptable document for voter registration. The national ID card system also uses biometric data and is issued by the National Registration Bureau (NRB). In the BVR system voters’ photographs and fingerprints are scanned into the voter list. This process aims to prevent duplication, multiple registrations or identity theft to improve the accuracy of the voter list. […] Technically, the BVR system consists of two parts, registering voters and scanning the voter list for duplicate and fraudulent registrants.”