Is technology used for identifying voters at polling stations (electronic poll books)?

Zambia

Zambia

Answer
No
Source

Electoral Processes [No. 35 of 2016]

Article 58
Voting Materials

58.1 The Commission shall supply, before voting opens at a polling station, the voting materials necessary for the election at that station including— (a) ballot papers; (b) ballot boxes; (c) voting compartments; (d) a certified register of voters for the polling district concerned; and (e) a document to be signed by the presiding officer detailing the voting materials entrusted to that presiding officer.

Article 60
Voting Procedures

60.2 A voter is entitled to vote at a polling station— (a) on production of that voter’s national registration card and voter’s card to the presiding officer or election officer at the polling station; and (b) if that voter’s details are in the certified segment of the Register of Voters for the polling district concerned.

60.3 When a voter produces a national registration card to the presiding officer or election officer as required by subsection (2), the presiding officer or election officer shall examine the identity document and determine whether— (a) the voter is the person described in that national registration card; (b) the voter’s details are in the certified segment of the Register of Voters for the polling district concerned; and (c) the voter has not already voted in the election.

 

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