Biometric Elections

September 19 2007 by The Systemic Analyst.

CanWest News Service reported last week that “Biometric technology could be used to identify voters at the ballot box without requiring Muslim women to remove facial veils, but setting up a nation-wide system would be expensive and risks disenfranchising many electors.” Beyond the costs, the difficulties of securing a centralized system with access points at every voting booth should prevent such an implementation of biometrics.

If such a system is only being considered to answer problems stemming from requiring women to remove the veil, a simpler and less costly solution would be to ensure that a separate room manned by a female electoral representative is available to check the identification of veiled voters.

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