If the EMB uses technology to collect voter registration data, is biometric data captured and used during registration?
Congo, Democratic Republic of
Answer
Yes, both fingerprint scans and photos
Source
Gemalto (Euronext NL0000400653 GTO), the world leader in digital security, has won an international tender to supply CENI, the National Independent Electoral Commission of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), with 22,000 mobile biometric voter enrollment kits to support a comprehensive update of the country's national voter register. Gemalto's fully portable Coesys Mobile Enrollment stations will enable 18,000 enrollment centers to rapidly acquire digital photographs, fingerprint and signature records of citizens, and instantly issue personalized voter cards for upcoming general elections.
