If the EMB uses technology to collect voter registration data, is biometric data captured and used during registration?

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Breakdown by Continent

Continent	Yes, fingerprint scans	Yes, photos	Yes, both fingerprint scans and photos	No	Not specified	No data	Not applicable	Other	Countries researched
Africa	2 (4.0%)	2 (4.0%)	24 (48.0%)	15 (30.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (12.0%)	2 (4.0%)	50
Americas	3 (13.6%)	2 (9.1%)	9 (40.9%)	2 (9.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (4.5%)	5 (22.7%)	5 (22.7%)	22
Asia	0 (0.0%)	2 (5.4%)	5 (13.5%)	12 (32.4%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (8.1%)	15 (40.5%)	2 (5.4%)	37
Europe	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (24.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (75.8%)	0 (0.0%)	33
Oceania	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (20.0%)	2 (40.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (40.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5
Total	5	6	39	39	0	4	53	9	147

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Country	Value	Details
Afghanistan	Not applicable	view
Albania	Not applicable	view
Angola	Yes, both fingerprint scans and photos	view
Argentina	Biometric data is obtained by the national civil registry and sent to the EMB	view
Armenia	Not applicable	view
Australia	No	view
Austria	Not applicable	view
Bahrain	No	view
Bangladesh	Yes, both fingerprint scans and photos Signatures	view
Belarus	Not applicable	view
Belgium	Not applicable	view
Benin	Not applicable	view
Bhutan	Yes, photos	view
Bolivia	Yes, both fingerprint scans and photos Signatures also collected	view
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Not applicable	view
Botswana	No	view
Brazil	Yes, both fingerprint scans and photos Signature	view
Bulgaria	No	view
Burkina Faso	Yes, both fingerprint scans and photos	view
Burundi	No	view
Cambodia	No	view
Cameroon	Yes, both fingerprint scans and photos	view
Canada	No	view
Central African Republic	No	view
Chad	Yes, both fingerprint scans and photos	view
Chile	Not applicable	view
Colombia	Yes, fingerprint scans Yes, photos	view
Comoros	Yes, both fingerprint scans and photos	view
Congo, Democratic Republic of	Yes, both fingerprint scans and photos	view
Costa Rica	Yes, both fingerprint scans and photos	view
Cote d'Ivoire	Yes, both fingerprint scans and photos	view
Croatia	Not applicable	view
Cuba	No data	view
Czech Republic	Not applicable	view
Denmark	Not applicable	view
Djibouti	Not applicable	view
Dominican Republic	Yes, both fingerprint scans and photos	view
Ecuador	Not applicable	view
Egypt	Not applicable	view
El Salvador	Not applicable	view
Equatorial Guinea	Not applicable	view
Eritrea	No	view
Estonia	Not applicable	view
Ethiopia	No	view
Finland	Not applicable	view
Gabon	Not applicable	view
Gambia	Yes, both fingerprint scans and photos	view
Georgia	No	view
Germany	Not applicable	view
Ghana	Yes, both fingerprint scans and photos	view
Guatemala	Yes, both fingerprint scans and photos Signature	view
Guinea	Yes, both fingerprint scans and photos	view
Haiti	Not applicable	view
Honduras	Not applicable	view
Hong Kong	No	view
Hungary	No	view
Iceland	Not applicable	view
India	Yes, photos	view
Indonesia	No	view
Iran, Islamic Republic of	Not applicable	view
Iraq	Yes, both fingerprint scans and photos	view
Italy	No	view
Japan	No data	view
Jordan	No	view
Kazakhstan	Not applicable	view
Kenya	Yes, both fingerprint scans and photos	view
Korea, Republic of	Not applicable	view
Kosovo	Not applicable	view
Kuwait	Not applicable	view
Kyrgyzstan	Not applicable	view
Lao People's Dem. Republic	Not applicable	view
Latvia	Not applicable	view
Lebanon	Not applicable	view
Lesotho	Yes, both fingerprint scans and photos	view
Liberia	Yes, both fingerprint scans and photos	view
Libya	No	view
Liechtenstein	Not applicable	view
Lithuania	Not applicable	view
Madagascar	No	view
Malawi	Yes, photos	view
Malaysia	No	view
Mali	Yes, both fingerprint scans and photos	view
Mauritania	Yes, both fingerprint scans and photos	view
Mauritius	No	view
Mexico	Yes, both fingerprint scans and photos	view
Moldova, Republic of	No	view
Mongolia	Not applicable	view
Montenegro	Not applicable	view
Morocco	Yes, fingerprint scans	view
Mozambique	Yes, both fingerprint scans and photos	view
Myanmar	No	view
Namibia	Yes, both fingerprint scans and photos	view
Nauru	Not applicable	view
Nepal	Yes, both fingerprint scans and photos	view
Netherlands	Not applicable	view
New Zealand	No	view
Nicaragua	Yes, both fingerprint scans and photos	view
Niger	No	view
Nigeria	Yes, both fingerprint scans and photos	view
Norway	Not applicable	view
Pakistan	Not applicable	view
Palau	Not applicable	view
Panama	Yes, both fingerprint scans and photos	view
Paraguay	Yes, photos	view
Peru	Yes, fingerprint scans	view
Philippines	Yes, both fingerprint scans and photos Signatures	view
Portugal	No	view
Republic of The Congo (Brazzaville)	Not applicable	view
Romania	Not applicable	view
Russian Federation	No	view
Rwanda	See comments	view
Senegal	Yes, both fingerprint scans and photos	view
Serbia	Not applicable	view
Seychelles	No	view
Sierra Leone	Yes, both fingerprint scans and photos	view
Singapore	Not applicable	view
Slovakia	Not applicable	view
Slovenia	Not applicable	view
Solomon Islands	Yes, both fingerprint scans and photos	view
Somalia	Yes, both fingerprint scans and photos iris scans	view
South Africa	No	view
South Sudan	No	view
Spain	No	view
Sri Lanka	No	view
Sudan	No	view
Swaziland	Yes, both fingerprint scans and photos	view
Sweden	Not applicable	view
Switzerland	Not applicable	view
Taiwan	Not applicable	view
Tajikistan	No data	view
Tanzania, United Republic of	Yes, photos	view
Thailand	No	view
Timor-Leste	No data	view
Togo	Yes, fingerprint scans	view
Tunisia	No	view
Turkmenistan	No	view
Uganda	Not applicable	view
United Arab Emirates	Not applicable	view
United Kingdom	No	view
United States	No	view
Uruguay	Yes, both fingerprint scans and photos	view
Uzbekistan	Not applicable	view
Venezuela	Yes, fingerprint scans Signature	view
Viet Nam	Not applicable	view
Yemen	Yes, both fingerprint scans and photos	view
Zambia	Yes, both fingerprint scans and photos	view
Zimbabwe	No	view

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2016	2017	2018

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