If the EMB uses technology to collect voter registration data, is biometric data captured and used during registration?
North Macedonia, Republic of
Article 41(1) The Voter List shall be maintained by the State Election Commission, which is solely responsible for its update.
(2) The Voter List shall be maintained according to the Registry of Citizens in the form of a Registry of Voters, with automatic data processing on a magnetic medium. The State Election Commission shall have access to the database of the state organs which have at disposal registries of citizens on various grounds. […]
“The 2015 amendments to the Electoral Code granted the SEC the sole responsibility for maintaining the voter register based on data extracted mainly from the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MoIA), while the MoIA maintained control over the databases of unique personal identification numbers, residence registration and the records on personal identification documents issued to citizens. […]In February 2016, as per its adopted methodology, the SEC started updating the voter register by cross-checking the databases of 11 state institutions, as well as by conducting field verifications. All OSCE/ODIHR EOM interlocutors stated that this process proved operationally complex and methodologically challenging, as well as requiring major financial and human resources. ”
