Is technology used for identifying voters at polling stations (electronic poll books)?
Kenya
Answer
Yes, offline/only access to polling station registration data
Source
Article 4(m) of the IEBC Act No.9 of 2011, states the Commission is responsible for the use of appropriate technology and approaches in the performance of its functions. The law does not specify what technology to use nor bio-data to be captured. In the last 2013 general elections the IEBC procured Electronic Voter Identification Devices (EVID), where the electronic poll book was uploaded and it was used to identify voters at the polling stations. http://kenyalaw.org/kl/fileadmin/pdfdownloads/Acts/IndependentElectoralandBoundariesCommissionNo9of2011.pdf
Comment
In the last 2013 general elections the IEBC procured Electronic Voter Identification Devices (EVID), where the electronic poll book was uploaded and it was used to identify voters at the polling stations.
