Monday, July 25, 2011

Malaysia Considers Biometrics in Elections

Malaysia:
Commission to get funds for biometric system (The Star)
EC introduces biometric system to overcome phantom voters issue (The Star)

It is a common misconception that biometric voting is the same as or is necessarily combined with electronic voting. This is not the case and there are many good reasons to favor a computer-based identity management structure with a paper-based voting mechanism.