It is the policy of the Commission to establish a clean, complete, permanent and updated list of voters through the mandatory taking of photograph, fingerprints and signature (biometrics) in the registration process. This is declared in R.A. 10367.
For this purpose, when a person comes in to apply for registration, his (or her) biometrics will be captured digitally. This simply means digital images (or pictures) of his (or her) photograph, fingerprints and signature will be taken (or captured) using COMELEC's Voter Registration Machine (VRM).
The VRM is simply a desktop computer, with a digital camera, fingerprint scanner and signature pad attached to it. Biometrics capture becomes possible with the use of these high-tech equipment, and the Voter Registration System (VRS).
Voter Registration Machine
There is at least one (1) VRM for each local COMELEC office nationwide. Depending on the number of registered voters in the district, city or municipality, there may be more than one (1) VRM.
Here are simple steps on how the biometrics capture procedure would basically go using the VRM:
