She said that signatures on absentee ballots are verified against a voter's registration card and that in-person voters must show identification or proof of residence.
A new biometrics-based voting machine, with an additional apparatus that does the voter's fingerprint recognition before allowing the ballot to be cast, started being used in 2012.
A total of 18,986 people who registered in the just ended limited voter's registration exercise had their eligibility challenged nationwide on various grounds.
My scrutineer realised the voter was on our list of potential challenges and quickly asked for further identification to check the voter's eligibility.
