Is technology used for identifying voters at polling stations (electronic poll books)?
Sierra Leone
Part 7 of the Public Elections Act, 2012 provides for procedures and arrangement for elections. It provides that when a voter comes to the polling station, s/he must present him/herself to the presiding officer who will check for the name of the voter on the register and also verify that the voter is the same person whose picture shows on the registration card. http://www.necsierraleone.org/index_files/Legal/ABRIDGEMENT%20OF%20THE%20PUBLIC%20ELECTIONS%20ACT%202012.pdf
It is noted that even if BVR was used to register voters, finger prints were not used to identify voters during voting. Section 75 of the African Union Observer report states that the manner in which the final register was compiled made it difficult for the polling officials to locate voters’ names.
