Smartmatic: Smartmatic´s blog about Elections

Ghanaians living abroad has encouraged a political debate about the Internet voting and rights of expats.
The continuous growth of Ghanaians living abroad and their important contribution to the nation’s GDP has encouraged a political debate in Ghana about the voting rights of expats. From the discussion, Internet voting has emerged as one of the preferred...

The development of new ICT has produced a remarkable shift from the concept of representation, which is the cornerstone of representative democracies. New technologies, the are offering a wide array of opportunities for direct political participation...

“These automated elections, our third, set a landmark in the history of electoral automation. In only six years, the Philippines has become a worldwide reference for automation and successful elections”, stated Smartmatic CEO Antonio Mugica, speaking...

On May 9, 2016 The Philippines will hold general elections. This election will mark the third consecutive time that the Philippines automates the process.
The Philippine presidential elections will take place on May 9th 2016.
Citizens will vote to choose a new President, Vice president, 12 senators, a district representative, a party list representative and an official for their province, city or municipality. There will be 44,872 candidates total....