Is the biometric data used in voter identification at polling stations?
Lebanon
Law No. 25/2008 (parliamentary elections law)
Article 25
“A voters’ roll shall be permanent. However, they shall be revised periodically in accordance with the provisions of the present law.”
Article 26
“The General Directorate of Personal Status shall prepare, for each electoral district, automated voters’ rolls including the voters’ names according to the personal status records. The said rolls shall include the names of all voters registered in the electoral district from at least one year as of the date of revision of the voters’ rolls, i.e. as of the 5th of December of every year.”
Article32
“The Directorate-General of Personal Status shall edit the voters’ rolls according to the documents referred to it as mentioned in previous articles, upon reviewing them before February 1st of each year.
Each roll shall include a special space reserved to note down the reasons of editing and operations of record transfer from one roll to another. In the event of transfer, mentioning the place of record, the register number and the crossing-off date is mandatory.” http://www.elections.gov.lb/Parliamentary/Voters-Corner/Voter-Registration-Procedure-Eligibility/Articles-from-Law-no--25-of-8-10-2008-on-Voters-Re.aspx