Recommendation 9 (Voter Registration) Guinea Bissau 2009
http://aceproject.org/ero-en/regions/africa/GW/guinea-bissau-final-report-early-presidential-2/at_download/file
The voter registration process should be upgraded from manual to an Automated Fingerprint Identification System (AFIS), already used in many countries in Africa, especially in post-conflict environments, to facilitate and speed up registration through a possible active and passive process, whereby citizens go to places of registration and brigades (brigadas de recenseamento) visit their places of residence. The voter registration process for the 2008 legislative election, however accepted by all political parties and stakeholders, showed a very low participation and motivation of citizens, especially youngsters (3.8 percent), in comparison to same exercises in other countries in the area. The same register was used for the 2009 presidential election.
