Our history

New online voting record in Estonia

Online participation reached 44,4% of all votes cast in Estonia’s Parliamentary elections, an increase of 40% over the same elections in 2015.

Modernizing elections in Los Angeles County

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

Smartmatic on election integrity council

Smartmatic joins the United States Department of Homeland Security’s Sector Coordinating Council for the Election Infrastructure Subsector.

Italy's first fully automated election

Authorities rely on Smartmatic for technology and services to deploy 24,700 touchscreen voting machines across Lombardy to serve 7.8 million voters.

Efficient voter management in Armenia

More than 4,000 VIU-800 biometric devices authenticate voters during Parliamentary elections in April. Our technology also helps operators manage polling stations.

Voters praise Internet voting in Utah

In Utah’s Republican primary, 80% of voters who registered online cast votes online. 94% describe the experience as good. 97% would prefer voting online in the next election.

End-to-end electronic voting in Kyrgyzstan

We deploy biometric authentication and electronic voting for student senate elections at the American University of Central Asia in Bishtek, Kyrgyzstan.

Richmond tests ePen election technology

Richmond, Virginia tests our ePen during the general election. This groundbreaking device allows officials to streamline reporting and results transmission.

Our first election in Argentina

We conduct our first major election in Argentina. The electronic voting solution is used in La Falda and Marcos Juarez to deliver official results just 45 minutes.

Smartmatic earns two ISO certifications

Smartmatic earns ISO 9001 Quality Management System and ISO 14001 Environmental Management System certifications, reflecting our commitment to improvement.

Achieving social impact through technology

CEO Antonio Mugica and Chairman Lord Mark Malloch-Brown launch SGO to help governments improve elections, efficiency, pollution control, and identity management.

Modernising UK elections

The ePen, a digital pen to improve the speed, accuracy and integrity of traditional ballot-counting processes, is used for the first time in a local UK election.

Successful electronic voting election in Ecuador

We deliver auditable and secure results in local elections in record-breaking time for the province of Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas.

Haiti updates its civil registry system

By creating a better database, we help Haiti provide its citizens with better services in the years following the devastating earthquake of 2010.

Smartmatic technology is used in the USA

The system is used in Chicago, the third largest jurisdiction in the US. It is secure and accessible, and provides a voter-verified paper audit trail (VVPAT).

Election services for Brazil

We set up 500,000 voting machines, hire and train support staff for 400,000 vote centers, and configure and deploy 1,320 BGAN Sabre satellite terminals to transmit results.

A smarter transport system for Cartagena

We win an 18-year contract to implement and operate an automated fare-collection and fleet-management system for mass transportation in Cartagena, Colombia.

A new voter register for Zambia

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) chooses Smartmatic for Zambia's biometric voter register. Voter registration increases 40%. Read the case study.

Smartmatic helps Haiti's earthquake recovery

Following a devastating earthquake, we send people and equipment register citizens, which helps put aid where it is most needed in less time.

Mexico expands biometric registration

Biometric registration allows Mexico's government to issue citizens national identity cards. Our rugged, portable kits perform even in very remote areas. Read the case study

Philippines’ first fully automated elections

After a complex bid, we provide a pioneering voting solution for Mindanao province that increases voter participation and delivers election results in record time.

Voters in Curacao’s tests Smartmatic's e-voting

Over 76,000 citizens use auditable Smartmatic technology to vote in the Dutch Antilles' Insular Council elections. 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.

New R&D center opens in Taipei

Smartmatic continues it commitment to be the industry leader in research and development by opening it second R&D facility, this one in Taipei, Taiwan.

World's first automated election with paper trail

Venezuela’s 2004 elections are the first election ever to use a VVPAT – voter-verified paper trail. This feature is now the de facto standard worldwide.

First advanced automation platform launched

Enabling hyper-secure connection between devices, our NEA technology will form the basis of our future election platform.

First 20 utility patent filled in US

Patented technologies developed in-house will form the basis for almost all of the company's future election devices and tools.

Smartnet platform launched

Smartnet is one of the earliest platforms to enable the Internet of Things (IoT), a solution designed to make online protocols highly secure.