The emergence of technologies such as business intelligence (BI) tools, electronic poll books (e-Poll books), and more recently, artificial intelligence, is putting on the hands of EMBs tools that can substantially increase their oversight and control capabilities.
Election officials must not only tune disinformation out from their decision making, they must fight fake news. To help them succeed, Smartmatic has just published the second edition of its handbook, “Safeguarding Elections in the Age of Fake News.”
Elections are complex. Regardless of scope, each election represents the will of the people and the cornerstone of democracy.
Well-designed technology improves the accuracy, speed and integrity of elections. However, observation by experienced observers and thorough auditing are also necessary to give legitimacy to election results.