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Sunday, July 24, 2011

Biometric voter verification system

  1. BERSIH demanded the use of indelible ink to ensure that no one can vote twice. I don’t understand why the government refused such an effective low tech and cost effective method. It just does not add up. I supposed BN to implement such system would mean conceding political defeat and losing face. They need to seek for alternatives solution. The PM announced that government is prepared to fund for the use of biometric technology to verify voter’s identity. Is this good enough?

  2. The biometric card reader is commonly used. The banks used it every time someone wants to open an account. What it does is that the card reader would compare between the individual finger print and compare it with the data stored in the chip. Once a person ID is verified and his name is on the list, then he can vote. In essence this would be reasonably acceptable as non-citizens will not be able to vote and people using other peoples IC cannot vote either. In this aspect it narrows down the risk of any fraudulent activity. It does not abolish it.

  3. The risk lies with people who are issued with multiple IC. I believe we have demonstrated that there are people with multiple IC’s in Malaysia. It is uncertain how many double and triple IC is there. In Sabah, it was reported sometime back where foreigner was issued with IC under “project IC”. In conclusion, I would say it may reduce but not eliminates the problem.

  4. The best solution under the current circumstances is the use of indelible ink. If Biometric system is to be used, then real-time system voter elimination must be done. Maybe a compromised can be reached. Use biometric and indelible ink at the same time and that will make it 200% proof. This way everyone will be happy and not lose face. :D

1 comment:

  1. There are a lot of Mykad with defective chips.
    The reader or the card will be useless in such cases.
    How about having both the indelible ink and card reader together.
    Will be "fun" to see how many Indons and Banglas walking around town with traces of indelible ink on the pinkie on polling day.

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