Often times, we get so caught up in our daily routines that we forget to celebrate our achievements. Fortunately, 2018 gave us lots of reasons to celebrate.
From Los Angeles to London or Finnmark in Norway, we managed to partner with highly respected election commissions, we helped conduct elections, we developed new voting equipment, and much more.
Let’s revisit some of our most important achievements of 2018:
1. Los Angeles County (the US). We signed a contract to help the Registrar-Recorder County Clerk of Los Angeles to manufacture and implement a new voting system for 2020. The innovative project aims to offer a more human-centered and accessible voting experienced. We will assist with systems integration, engineering, and manufacturing of the components of the solution.
2. Flanders, Brussels-Capital, and the German-speaking Community of Belgium Since 2012, communes in these three Belgian regions have used our technology in their elections. However, during the last local elections in October, the election authorities and the voters welcomed new models of voting machines customized for Belgium. The innovative equipment and services will also be deployed in the upcoming Belgian and European (Parliamentary) May elections.
3. Finnmark (Norway) Finnmark, the northernmost county in Norway, held a regional referendum last May. Citizens had the option to cast their vote online or at the polling station on traditional paper ballots. An astonishing 85.5% of all votes cast were done online using TIVI, the Smartmatic-Cybernetica verifiable online voting solution. Trust in a secure, convenient and easy to use technology system showed the enormous potential of online voting in Norway and the region.
4. London (the UK). We partnered with CGI, one of the largest independent IT consulting firms, to deliver an electronic system to be used in 2020 to count voter marks on ballot papers. The e-counting solution will manage the accurate scanning of ballot papers, as well as the declaration of results for three London elections.
5. Denmark. Danish election authorities signed a contract with us and our local partner DXC Technology to provide voting solutions and services. We will help with the development, maintenance and operation of the future election system of Denmark. The new solution will be used to register votes, link the results from different polling stations, and forward information to both citizens and Statistics Denmark from 2019 onwards.
These five local projects are only a brief overview of what we are working on. Whatever the scale of the project, the geographic location or the type of election, we will continue focusing on improving security, enhancing the voter experience, and facilitating participation.
Cheers for a better year ahead!
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