Abstract
The article examines the prospects, as well as the limitations associated with the possible use of biometric technologies in the electoral process of the Russian Federation, in particular, the inaccessibility of centers that collect biometric data, low awareness of citizens, failure of biometric technologies. The article analyzes the risks that can lead to unlawful deprivation of voters’ constitutional rights to participate in elections and referendums. In the end, it is concluded that it is necessary to provide legal guarantees for observing the electoral rights of citizens and the right to participate in a referendum, in particular, to establish a procedure for fixing the facts of technical violations that do not allow identifying voters and making a decision on admitting such voters to voting. This procedure is designed to guarantee the observance of the electoral rights of citizens in conditions of impossibility of biometric identification due to technical violations.
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well as the limitations associated with the possible use of biometric technologies
The article analyzes the risks that can lead to unlawful deprivation of voters' constitutional rights to participate in elections
the right to participate in a referendum
Summary
The article examines the prospects, as well as the limitations associated with the possible use of biometric technologies in the electoral process of the Russian Federation, in particular, the inaccessibility of centers that collect biometric data, low awareness of citizens, failure of biometric technologies. По данным International IDEA, биометрические данные для идентификации избирателей на избирательных участках использовались в 50 из 174 стран, что составляет 28,7 % от общего числа исследованных стран
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