Two U.S. Counties to Implement Biometric Mobile Voting Application

Two West Virginia counties, Harrison and Monongalia, are going to trial a technology that has never been utilized before in the U.S. The authorities will implement biometric mobile voting technology for military members who cannot be physically present during the voting period due to their deployment outside the U.S.

Harrison county clerk Susan Thomas said that the authorities will consider the military members, their spouses and dependents, and other U.S. citizens who are deployed and fall under the Military and Overseas Voter Empowerment Act as eligible participants of the program for the upcoming May 8 primary election. Also, they should be registered in either Harrison or Monongalia counties to be eligible for this program. Click to continue reading this article