‘Safe Spaces For Youth’ was the UN theme for this year’s International Youth Day.
Is it time to increase youth political empowerment?

Smartmatic's blog about electronic voting

‘Safe Spaces For Youth’ was the UN theme for this year’s International Youth Day.

According to International IDEA, “voter turnout has been declining across the globe since the beginning of 1990, and such trend has raised many concerns among election stakeholders.”

For years, many in the election technology ecosystem have been promoting the implementation of e-voting systems that produce voter-verified paper audit trails (VVPAT).

Halfway to 2018, democracy stands firm to constant challenges around the world. Larry Diamond, one of the world’s leading democracy scholars, claims we have been going through a “democracy recession”.

Youth participation in elections has been regarded as low for decades.

Bot farms, fake news and data breaches have all been used to spread misinformation during some of the most important electoral processes in the last few years.