How Will Electronic Identification Increase Transparency in Elections
Channel: ADN Channel
Date: 2021-04-12

Parliamentary elections in Albania will include technology for the first time, in order to increase transparency in voting.

The Central Election Commission brings as an innovation the electronic identification of citizens, in order to avoid multiple voting and manipulation of the electoral process. The value of this project that aims to increase the standard of elections in Albania is 17 million euros.

The steps to follow for electronic identification are simple. Citizens approach the election commission and present the means of identification (identity card / passport). The device, where the means of identification submitted by the citizens is verified, displays their data such as: photos and the polling station where they are registered to vote. After that, the thumb of the right hand is placed on the device to sign.

In the end, the citizen's data is printed and he goes to vote. In case the voter appears for the second time, the device indicates that a violation is being committed by activating the alarm. In case the means of identification is damaged, the registration is done manually.

Controversies that have been repeatedly made about the elections as well as allegations of vote-rigging through abuses with means of identification, will end with the electronic verification of each voter.