World leader in electoral solutions, Smartmatic, is now ready to assist the Tribunal Superior Eleitoral, Brazil’s top election authority, to hold the second round of the Brazilian municipal elections on October 28, 2012. During the first round (10/07/2012), Smartmatic contributed
Brazil continues to shield the vote by extending the use of biometrics
On October 7th 2012, Brazil held elections across its 27 states to elect mayors, deputy mayors and city councilors for its 5,568 municipalities. Only the voters from the Federal District, the 21-island archipelago Fernando de Noronha, and those residing abroad
Venezuela leads the way in electoral best practices worldwide
Last Sunday, October 7th, Venezuelans elected Hugo Chávez to remain leading the nation for the next presidential term, 2013-2019. Smartmatic deployed an all-encompassing electoral solution that included hardware, software and managed services, distributing 39,018 voting machines -among 13,810 polling centers-, each of which
“Innovation is a core value at Smartmatic”
During a recent interview with findBIOMETRICS, Smartmatic’s CEO Antonio Mugica spoke about the upcoming electoral projects that the Company will be deploying during October. According to Mugica, Smartmatic is simultaneously participating with its advanced technology in projects in Belgium, Venezuela
Carter: “The electoral system in Venezuela is the best in the world”
Last week, during the Annual Conversations held at the Carter Center, former US President Jimmy Carter said that “the voting system in Venezuela is the best in the world”. Carter commended Smartmatic’s e-voting technology for allowing an easy verification of
The Ecuadorian National Electoral Council will set up the electronic vote in several electoral districts for the 2013 elections
It is thought that by 2017 Ecuador will implement electronic voting in all its polling stations. The National Electoral Council (CNE) therefore decided to set up some electronic voting polling stations for the upcoming 2013 elections. Cuenta, Portoviejo, Quito and