Mexico D.F., April 11, 2012.-Smartmatic, a world leader in technology solutions for Governments, and Italy based Green Bit SpA, a leading supplier of FBI certified Livescan systems, proudly announced their joint efforts to provide a biometric enrollment solution for the Mexican Federal Election Institute (IFE).

Smartmatic, a specialist in Electoral and Identity Management solutions partnered with Green Bit to offer a live fingerprint scanner for this project. More than 1,300 DactyScan84n have been delivered to the Mexican authorities in charge of deploying the devices throughout the country to biometrically register voters.

"We are pleased to participate in this forward-looking biometric enrollment project. The initiative, currently undertaken by the Federal Election Institute, will bring enormous benefits to a vast number of Mexican voters", said Antonio Mugica, CEO of Smartmatic. "Teaming up our identity management ...

London, February 29, 2012.- Smartmatic, a world leader in technology solutions for Governments, announced today the relocation of its International Headquarters to London, UK.

The move represents a major step for the fast-growing technology company as it endeavors to capitalize on the opportunities of a worldwide demand for more transparent and efficient governments.

Founded in 2000, the multinational company is a world leader in the design and deployment of complex purpose-specific technology solutions aimed at increasing transparency and efficiency of government.

After gaining international recognition as the largest and most successful voting technology company in the planet, Smartmatic has also made significant advances in its other business areas in the field of Smart Cities and Identity Management Systems.

"We believe that moving our Corporate ...

Caracas, February 13th 2012.- Once again, Smartmatic's robust automated voting system was used with total success  in yet another Venezuelan election. This time an alliance of opposition parties, grouped under the banner of Coalition for Democratic Unity, carried out primary elections in order to choose their presidential candidate for the upcoming October 7 presidential elections, and the candidates for the governor and mayor elections scheduled for December 16 and April 13, respectively.  

In this electoral event, without precedent in Venezuela, 268 coalition candidates were chosen: 17 candidates for state governors, 250 candidates for mayors and 1 presidential candidate, among 1,108 nominated individuals.

The primary elections began at 8:00 am with the opening of the polling stations. Throughout the day, the candidates urged the voters to participate en masse, praising the virtues of the voting system provided by ...

Brussels, January 30th, 2012.- Belgian federal and regional governments of Flanders and Brussels have chosen Smartmatic as the technology provider to supply - for 15 years - its innovative automated election system, starting with the local elections that will take place in October, 2012.

The advanced voting system created by Smartmatic and customized specifically to support Belgian and European regulations, involves the use of a touch-based Electronic Voting Machine with 17-inch high resolution screen.

"We are thrilled to have been selected as the service and technology providers for the elections in Belgium, a pioneer nation regarding the use of electronic voting. Along with the Belgian authorities, we have been working very hard to develop and offer a new and improved state-of-the-art electronic voting system that fully complies with all requirements, guaranteeing the most secure, reliable and auditable elections. We feel ...