Marape eyes biometric voting system for elections

PRIME Minister James Marape says he hopes to have the biometric voting system in place for future elections.
Marape said this should be made easier with Government’s plan to conduct a census next year.
“We will conduct a comprehensive census in 2023 to get correct data on the population,” he said.
“This will help in improving the voting system so that we have a secure system by 2027.”
It will be done in line with the parliamentary election review committee’s work on improving the election process.
Marape said the biometric voting system was just a proposal right now.
“By 2023 the proposal should have matured to submission level,” he said.
“It should come to the Government for implementation.”
Marape was responding to questions by Opposition Leader Joseph Lelang regarding the review of the election process and proper identification of citizens and how that related to voting.
He said the Government would work out biometric voting through the National Identification (NID) system.
“We want them to have full funding and conduct a holistic review into what happened this year and in previous election years dating back to the 2007 election,” Marape said.
“We want them to put in an informed, fact-based suggestion as to how we should conduct elections in 2027 and beyond.”