Smartmatic Fact-Check

Smartmatic’s credibility is our most valuable asset. To be trusted partners to governments and election management bodies, we have maintained a commitment to transparency and integrity. Here are the facts about our company and our history—no spin, no polish.

Our Role in the US 2020 & 2024 Elections

Smartmatic technology was only used in Los Angeles County, California, in the 2020 election. The system we provided to LA County does not count, tabulate, or store votes.

In 2024, Smartmatic technology is also being used only in Los Angeles County, California, for the primaries in March and for the US presidential elections in November. It is the same system deployed in 2020 that does not count, tabulate, or store votes.

Smartmatic did not and does not provide any hardware, software, or services to Georgia, Michigan, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, or Arizona during the 2020 and 2024 US elections, nor do we supply any other voting technology servicing those states.

There are no ties between Dominion Voting Systems and Smartmatic—plain and simple. No ownership ties, no software leasing, no business at all between them. In 2009, more than a decade ago, Smartmatic licensed scanning machines from Dominion for use in the Philippines for a Smartmatic election project.

Our Company History, Ownership, and Products

Smartmatic’s software was developed by our own engineers to do three things: accurately process votes, keep them secure, and facilitate audits. That’s it. There is no other agenda. Our technology has been proven in audited elections for 20 years.

Smartmatic election technologies and services have been authenticated by independent third-party validators, including the US Election Assistance Commission, the State of California, PriceWaterhouseCoopers, Pro V&V, and SLI Global. They have also been validated by world-renowned institutions such as the Carter Center, the United Nations, the Organization of American States, and the European Union.

Smartmatic has no ties to governments or political parties. Governments and election management bodies are clients with whom we do business—just like any other commercial entity. We do not have any alliances or relationships with any politician, political party, PAC, or government.

Smartmatic’s founders and employees adhere to a strict ethics code that, among other things, prohibits them from making political donations.

Smartmatic does not have any ties to any national leader, living or dead, in the US or any other country.

The majority of company shares are held by the founders’ families, the Mugica and Piñate families. The remaining shares (less than 20%) are held by employees and investors. Antonio Mugica has been Smartmatic’s CEO since its beginnings.

George Soros has no ownership interest in Smartmatic, nor is he an investor. He’s not on the Board or otherwise employed by Smartmatic. He never has been. That’s been proven time and again.

The founders of Smartmatic were born in Venezuela. However, the company was founded in Boca Raton, Florida, in 2000 and still maintains its US base there. Tesla, Procter & Gamble, Kohl’s, TJ Maxx, Houzz.com, Google, and many other American companies were founded by people born outside the US. A US company is still a US company, regardless of where its founders or shareholders happened to be born.

Smartmatic has only owned one election company in the US, Sequoia Voting Systems. Smartmatic sold the company in 2007 to Sequoia’s management team. More than three years later, Sequoia was bought by Dominion Voting Systems. Smartmatic had no part in Sequoia’s acquisition by Dominion.

Smartmatic does not have any operations in Venezuela. We did election projects in Venezuela from 2004 to 2017, and Smartmatic’s equipment, software, and people all performed successfully every time. In 2017, our technology helped prove that the government was reporting false turnout numbers, so we blew the whistle on them and stopped doing business there at that time.

Smartmatic has never sold any voting machines in Myanmar, Bolivia, Nicaragua, or Spain. The countries where we have deployed technology and services can be reviewed on the homepage or our experience page of our website.