Is technology used for identifying voters at polling stations (electronic poll books)?
New Zealand
Answer
Yes, offline/only access to polling station registration data
Source
New Zealand, Electoral Act 1993 (reprint as at 1 July 2018), accessed 15 October 2020
157 Materials for polling places
(1) The Returning Officer must ensure that each polling place has the following things for the purposes of the poll:
(a) 1 or more inner compartments to enable voters to vote in secret:
(b) in each inner compartment, suitable facilities for the marking of ballot papers:
(c) 1 or more ballot boxes:
(d) 1 or more copies (in printed or electronic form and as supplied under section 123) of the main roll and supplementary rolls for the district:
(e) a sufficient number of ballot papers.
Comment
The Electoral Act provides for the use of electronic poll books. We assume it is used in at least some polling stations.
