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

Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea

Answer
No
Source

Organic Law on National and Local-level Government Elections enacted 1997, last amended 2006

45. FORM OF ROLLS.

(1) A Roll shall be in such form as is determined by the Electoral Commission, and shall set out the name, address and occupation (or other prescribed particulars) and sex of each elector, and shall contain such further particulars as are prescribed or as the Electoral Commission directs.

(1A) A Roll determined by the Electoral Commission under Subsection (1) may be kept in electronic form.

71A. VOTER IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM.

(1) The Electoral Commission may establish and manage a system to identify voters entitled to vote.

(2) A system of identification established under Subsection (1) may take any one or more of the following forms: –

(a) manual finger print system;

(b) computer recorded and recognized finger print system;

(c) computer recorded and recognized palm recognition system; or

(d) computer, electronic or other photogenic system.

(3) The Regulation may make provisions on how the system is kept and used.

Comment

Even though Electoral Law provides for the use of electronic forms, in practice this has not been implemented. 

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