The chronological stages for adopting a biometric voting registration project usually include assessment; feasibility studies; securing funding; reviewing legislation; doing pilot projects and mock registration exercises; procurement; distribution of equipment, installation, and testing; recruitment and training of staff; voter information; deployment and, post-election audits.
[6] However, it is vital that commissions carrying out these election projects first and foremost guarantee that the legal framework supports biometric voter identification,[7][8] and then that the data captured during the registration process will be secured while maintaining two basic requirements: personalization and privacy.
"[11] 35 per cent of over 130 surveyed Electoral Management Bodies is capturing biometric data (such as fingerprints or photos) as part of their voter registration process (2016).
[1] Countries which have used Biometric voting registration include Armenia,[12][13] Angola,[14][15] Bangladesh,[16][17] Bhutan,[18] Bolivia,[19][20] Brazil,[21][22] Burkina Faso,[23] Cambodia,[24][25] Cameroon,[26] Chad,[27][28] Colombia,[29][30] Comoros,[31][32] Congo (Democratic Republic of),[33][34] Costa Rica,[35] Cote d'Ivoire,[36] Dominican Republic,[37] Fiji, Gambia,[38] Ghana,[39] Guatemala, India,[40][41] Iraq, Kenya,[42][43] Lesotho, Liberia,[44] Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mexico,[11][45] Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia,[46] Nepal,[47] Nicaragua, Nigeria,[48][49] Panama, Peru,[11] The Philippines,[50][51] Senegal, Sierra Leone,[52][53] Solomon Islands, Somaliland,[54] Swaziland, Tanzania,[55] Uganda,[56][57] Uruguay, Venezuela,[11] Yemen,[58] Zambia,[59] and Zimbabwe.
[60][61] Some promoters of biometric voting registration point out that this technology, if properly customised to the country's needs and well implemented, could offer better accessibility for citizens; help avoiding long queues and waiting times for registration and voting; add simplicity and speed to the election cycle (e.g. voter identification documents can make it easier for polling staff to verify voter details);[8] make voters and Commissions feel confident about the quality of their registry (more accurate, reliable and complete data); improve e-voting security,[62][63] considerably reduce or eliminate multiple registration and multiple voting, while mitigating the risk of impersonation, identity theft, the misuse of records of deceased voters, carousel voting and ballot-box stuffing.