Our history

Estonia’s online voting system sets new participation record

Online participation reached 44,4% of all votes cast during the recent Estonian elections. The Parliamentary Elections held from February 21 - March 3 saw an increase of 40% in online participation over the same elections in 2015.

Modernizing elections in Los Angeles County

The Los Angeles County selects Smartmatic to help election authorities manufacture and implement the County’s new system for 2020.

Founding member of the US DHS Council to protect election integrity

Smartmatic joined the United States Department of Homeland Security’s Sector Coordinating Council, (SCC) for the Election Infrastructure Subsector

Italy's first fully automated election

To organize such crucial vote, authorities relied on us as technology and services provider. 24,700 touch screen voting machines were deployed across the entire region to capture the vote of the 7,895,484 eligible voters. 

Efficient voter management in Armenia

We deployed more than 4,000 VIU-800 devices to authenticate voters biometrically at the polls during the Parliamentary Elections held in April. Our technology also helped operators manage polling stations.

Voters praise Internet voting in Utah

Our online voting system had a welcome effect: the Republican Party in Utah witnessed an increased voter turnout during their primaries. 80.07% of the voters who registered online cast their votes from 45 different countries.

94% described the experience as good and 97% stated they would prefer voting online in the next elections.

Smartmatic brings end-to-end electronic voting to Kyrgyzstan

We deployed an end-to-end solution encompassing biometric authentication and electronic voting to help conduct the student senate elections at the American University of Central Asia (AUCA) in the city of Bishtek, Kyrgyzstan.

City of Richmond tests groundbreaking election technology

The City of Richmond, Virginia tested our ePen during the November 3 General Elections. This ground-breaking new technology allowed officials to significantly streamline the reporting process and transmission of results.

Our first election in Argentina

We conduct our first major election project in Argentina. The electronic voting solution implemented in the cities of La Falda and Marcos Juarez, delivered official results only 45 minutes after polls closed.

We are certified by ISO

Our company is awarded an ISO 9001 Quality Management System Certification as well as an ISO 14001 Environmental Management System Certification, reflecting our commitment to excellence and a compromise to continuous improvement.

Achieving social impact through technology-enabled solutions

We launch SGO, a new venture committed to helping governments to better serve their citizens, starting with the areas of elections, government efficiency, pollution control, and identity and privacy management.

Modernising UK elections

The ‘ePen’ (a digital pen to improve the speed, accuracy and integrity of the traditional ballot counting process) is used for the first time in a local election in the UK.

Successful electronic voting election in Ecuador

We deliver auditable and secure results in record-breaking time.

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We partner with Haiti’s National Identification Office to update its civil registry system

By creating a better database, we can help Haiti provide its citizens with better services

Our technology is used in the USA

President Obama votes on a Smartmatic voting machine in Chicago

The system is secure, accurate and accessible – and provides a voter-verified paper audit trail (VVPAT).  

Election services for Brazil

We set up a staggering 500,000 voting machines – and hire and train technical support staff for over 400,000 voting centres. We also configure and deploy 1,320 BGAN Sabre satellite terminals to transmit election results reliably and securely. 

A smarter transport system for Cartagena

We win an 18-year contract to implement and operate an automated fare collection and fleet management system in Cartagena, as part of this Colombian city’s new integrated mass transport system.

A new voter register for Zambia

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) chooses Smartmatic to biometrically register Zambia’s citizens for voting. The number of Zambians registered to vote increases by 40%.

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A massive earthquake hits Haiti

We send in people and equipment to help improve public services by registering its population.

Mexico's biometric registration

We take biometric registration to Mexico, allowing the government to begin issuing its citizens with national identity cards. Our rugged, portable kits provide everything you need to capture biometric data, even in the remotest areas.  

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We run the Philippines’ first fully automated elections

We win a complex bid to provide a pioneering voting solution for Mindanao province that increases voter participation and delivers results in record time.

We organise and run Curacao’s elections in record time

Over 76,000 citizens take part in the most populated island of the Dutch Antilles' Insular Council elections. Our secure voting technology platform is easy to use and completely auditable. As a result, all parties accept the results' validity.  

Validation from people who matter

The Carter Center, founded by Jimmy Carter to advance human rights, and the European Union validate our voting technology as secure, reliable and auditable.

We open our R&D centre in Taipei.

Our first automated election and the first in the world to feature a paper trail

After a few years trying e-counting, the Venezuelan National Electoral Council brokered a competitive tender to provide e-voting technology that would guarantee total accuracy, efficiency and transparency by automating the entire election. We won and began conducting the Venezuelan elections in 2004. It was the first election in the world to feature a paper trail – what’s called a VVPAT – a voter-verified paper audit trail. This feature has now become a de facto standard worldwide. Why? Because it allows voters to verify that the machine has properly recorded their choices. It also enables audits and recounts. 

We launch our advanced automation platform, NEA

Enabling hyper-secure connection between devices, it’ll form the basis of our future election platform.

We file our first 20 utility patents in the USA.

We launch Smartnet -one of the earliest platforms to enable the 'Internet of Things'- a solution designed to make online protocols highly secure.