The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) on Friday said that no decision had been taken on the introduction of electronic fingerprinting at polling places.
In a statement issued in response to a Kaieteur News report, “GECOM agrees to use electronic fingerprinting at the place of poll…,” GECOM said the decision given by the Chairman was that if such a system were to be introduced at the place of poll as a requirement for persons to vote, persons will be unable to vote in any absence/failure of such a means of identification, and that this would be contrary to the Constitution, as was made clear in the decision in the Esther Perreira case.