In 2014, 42% of the world´s population will conduct elections. From Sweden to New Zealand and from Indonesia to Hawaii, in all corners of the world, people will decide their common future by going to the ballots. Fiji will get
Smartmatic delivers another successful automated election in Venezuela
Smartmatic, the elections company, delivered yet another successful automated project in Venezuela as it deployed the technological voting platform used in last Sunday´s elections. In approximately ten hours 2,792 municipal posts were elected among 16,088 candidates. Some 11.2 million
10 things you should know about the Venezuelan Municipal Elections
1. On December 8th 2013, Venezuela will hold municipal elections. 335 municipal mayors, the Caracas metropolitan mayor, the district mayor for Alto Apure, 1.680 nominal councilmen (elected individually by name), 69 indigenous representatives to the municipal councils (also elected by
Thailand’s electoral commission introduces new electronic voting machines
The secretary of Thailand’s electoral commission has announced that the electronic voting machines developed in Thailand will be ready for the next general elections. According to the secretary of the commission, Mr. Puchong, the machines have been designed to fit
Jimmy Carter praises again our electoral solution
“Venezuela probably has the best voting system that I have ever known…” said Jimmy Carter, former US President, and founder of the Carter Center. This quote is part of an interview made by Andres Oppenheimer, aired on June 23, 2013
Smartmatic: much more than innovative voting machines
The execution of a transparent national election, that is efficiently executed and yields legitimate results, represents a huge challenge that requires a careful planning of all the numerous steps of the electoral process, the collection and processing of a considerable