Zimbabwe is mulling use of a biometric voting system for polling it has scheduled in 2018.Officials will discuss the topic with international experts, while the electoral commission is already assessing demonstrations by international vendors, reports local media.”The biometric system the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission plans to introduce will scan for either fingerprints or the iris and is already in use in African countries like Kenya and Ghana,” the the Sunday Mail reported, quoting ZEC spokesperson Justin Manyau.The official said the commission has, with support from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and other partners, invited several international service providers in biometrics “to carry out demonstrations with the hope of assessing applicability of the technology locally, the cost factor, usability and sustainability of the new technology.””Working in collaboration with the UNDP and other cooperating partners, ZEC has engaged consultants in voter registration and voter education to advise on the various options that may be available to the commission,” Manyau said.Other electoral reforms will see Zimbabwe for the first time using polling station-based voting as the country seeks to engender greater transparency and dispute-free elections.

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