Our history

December, 2018

Smartmatic and CGI to deliver election technology for London

Smartmatic and CGI will provide an electronic solution for the accurate counting of voter marks on ballot papers and declaration of results for three elections taking place in May 2020.

June, 2018

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

May, 2018

Online voting participation reaches 85% in Norway

Voters in the northernmost province in Norway –Finnmark- used the Smartmatic-Cybernetica online voting solution during a referendum. 85% of participants preferred voting online.

May, 2018

The Philippines continues to modernize its elections with Smartmatic

The Philippine Commission on Elections acquired some 92,509 Smartmatic vote counting machines to continue modernizing its elections.

October, 2017

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. 

April, 2017

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.

January, 2017

Voter registration in Sierra Leone

Our biometric technology helped authorities in Sierra Leone to register voters across the entire country ahead of the 2018 national elections.

December, 2016

Modernizing elections in Oman

Authorities from the Sultanate of Oman deployed Smartmatic vote counting machines in each polling station, bringing technology closer to the voters, and making the process more efficient and transparent.

June, 2016

Novel ePen solution helps Californian electoral authorities

The Electoral authorities in the Los Angeles county used the ePen to simplify and accelerate different phases of the electoral system.
 
This innovative technology improves the speed, accuracy and integrity of the counting process.  The electoral solution was put to use in Malibu, Littlerock and Downey. 

March, 2016

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.

December, 2015

Our i-voting and e-voting technology empower citizens in Chile

Chileans from the Commune of Maipu had the opportunity to cast a ballot either online or to vote in person in precincts equipped with our electronic voting machines. Citizens voted to decide on how to allocate public funds among 225 projects proposed by the community.

November, 2015

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.

November, 2015

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.

July, 2015

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.

2015

Updating Zambia’s electoral register

The Election Commission of Zambia (ECZ) partners with us to continue developing the biometric electoral register we helped create in 2010. We provide 2000 enrolment devices to register new voters and update existing information of the voting population across all 11 provinces.

2015

Empowering participatory democracy in Chile

We helped citizens from the Buin commune in Chile to move towards a more participatory model of democracy during the seventh edition of the "I opine" citizen initiative.

March, 2015

Estonia continues to lead the way in i-voting

The i-voting solution developed together with Cybernetica is used in Estonia to elect a new parliament. I-voting turnout increases by 25% compared to the previous parliamentary election in 2011, continuing its growing trend of adoption.

2015

We establish the International Election Advisory Council, a body within our corporate structure to advise our leadership as they assist election commissions worldwide with election technology solutions.

November, 2014

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.

June, 2014

We create in Estonia the Centre for Excellence to advance Internet voting

The multidisciplinary centre of research and development will study and develop the process of voting over the Internet on a global scale.

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May, 2014

Belgians vote for three elections on the same day

Belgium conducts the first European Union Parliamentary election ever to use a voter verified e-voting solution, with our technology.

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February, 2014

Successful electronic voting election in Ecuador

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

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2013

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

April, 2013

Venezuela organises its Presidential elections in record time (34 days), thanks to our voting technology and services

As they’re completely auditable and accurate, they also help the country trust in results where the two main candidates were separated by just 1.49%. All parties audit the voting platform no less than 15 times.

November, 2012

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).  

October, 2012

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. 

2012

A glowing reference from one of the world's most respected elections observers

Jimmy Carter, whose Carter Center has observed over 95 elections, calls our election solution for Venezuela ‘the best voting system in the world.’ It’s the first time an election has featured voting sessions initiated by biometric voter authentication. Because it relies on unique personal characteristics, such as fingerprints, it deters identity theft and ensures each voter can only vote once. 

2011

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.

2010

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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January, 2010

A massive earthquake hits Haiti

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

2009

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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August, 2008

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.

April, 2007

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.  

2006

Helping America vote securely, transparently and reliably 

Our technology features in elections throughout 17 US states – and in Washington DC, the nation’s capital. 

2005

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.

2005

We open our R&D centre in Taipei.

2004

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. 

2003

We launch our advanced automation platform, NEA

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

2002

We file our first 20 utility patents in the USA.

2001

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