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We joined experts from 35 countries in the 15th International Electoral Symposium to discuss how technology is shaping election administration around the world.
Throughout 2017 Smartmatic assisted elections commissions from Europe, South America and Africa in modernizing their elections by providing technology and services http://bit.ly/2iEjrhN
Improving #ElectionIntegrity is a current issue among governments, voters, political experts and the media. Yet, tech giants are also interested in the conversation. It could be definitely useful to keep the dialogue open http://bit.ly/2BhmcjK
This Malaysian project -focused on civic tech and open data- is trying to come up with ideas to better inform voters before Election Day. We celebrate the creativity and empowerment of young entrepreneurs working on #DigitalDemocracy
#SierraLeone A National Civil Registry and a Voter Register for Sierra Leone
- 3,565,714 citizens registered across the country
- 3,800 registration kits configured and deployed
- 2,600 registration sites fully equipped for registration
- 660 trainers trained...
- Creation of a voter database for the 2018 election
The World Economic Forum just launched its 2017 Global Gender Gap Report. We have been particularly interested to monitor the Political Empowerment dimension of the report. It currently holds the widest gender gap, but at the same time it is also the one exhibiting the most progress (despite a slowdown in progress this year.) Among the key findings are:
• Only Iceland has closed more than 70% of its gender gap on this subindex
• No other country has currently closed more th...an 60% of its gender gap
• Four countries—Nicaragua, Rwanda, Norway and Finland—have crossed the 50% threshold
• Lebanon, Qatar and Yemen have the lowest rankings, having closed less than 2% of their political gender gap
• 95 countries rank below the subindex world average (0.227) this year
Last Monday, Mohamed Mansour, one of our Sales representatives for EMEA, joined election experts in Jordan to discuss #FakeNews and the threat they pose on elections around the world.
During this 15th International Electoral Affairs Symposium, organized by ICPS, he outlined various strategic steps to counter this new phenomenon
We love it when the debate on #Election Integrity opens up to some of the less-known issues that authorities face when designing, running or auditing an election. This is why we enjoyed reading Michael Byrne’s piece ‘Why are our ballots so poorly designed?’ published in The Conversation.
Although we do not share all his views, we applaud the author’s call to discuss and treat voting systems usability as an essential concern.
We particularly liked his take on what constitute good ballot design. Finally, we agree it is possible to design electronic interfaces that are superior to paper ballots, with “careful design by usability experts and a commitment to multiple cycles of testing.”
Source The Conversation US
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This week we are in Jordan, very near the Dead Sea, for the
15th International Electoral Symposium.
Our team will be sharing with representatives from the elections community our latest experiences deploying #votingtechnology to empower citizens #WeAreSmartmatic
Last year, elections in 18 countries studied by Freedom House saw their #DigitalDemocracy eroded. Political participation was influenced by governments, bots and paid opinion formers. Here, we share some thoughts on the report and the impact of social media manipulation on the transparency and efficiency of elections http://bit.ly/2nLYnts
Good news about election technology continue to surface, one example being Estonia’s online voting: “Estonia’s technology prowess has made it something of a laboratory for the dangers of the threats posed by hackers.”
The 15th International Electoral Symposium will be held at the Dead Sea in Jordan on 4-6 December 2017. EMBs from around the world will have the opportunity to debate and share experiences, challenges and best practices with election experts, consultants and technology providers.
The International Centre for Parliamentary Studies, together with the European Centre for Electoral Support and the Independent Election Commission of Jordan will organise the #event, which will also host the International Electoral Awards Ceremony.
Save the date and see you there
Immediately after the successful 2016 general elections in the Philippines, the Asian Development Bank - ADB predicted that the Philippine economy would continue as one of the fastest growing economies in the region, forecasting a sustained 6.7% growth in 2018. We are proud that our technology helped create this positive change http://bit.ly/2jbF3BP
The Economist Intelligence Unit recently published “A guide to Latin America’s busy 2018 election year”. A succinct report sharing some of the focal points on what to expect from next year’s electoral news in the region. In Latam, “four out of the top five economies will elect a new president.”
The editorial team will be also hosting a webinar (on November 28th) to discuss the report in greater detail. If you are involved with or interested in Latin American politics and #elections, make sure to check this out | Picture by marcoreyes / 31 images on Pixabay http://bit.ly/2z2D618
Last April we helped Armenian authorities to biometrically authenticate voters. The solution we provided was lauded by the International Election Observation Mission (IEOM) as a “useful tool for building confidence in the integrity of Election Day proceedings”.
“For elections to be truly credible, and not just free, fair and transparent, all aspects and processes of the election - including the electronic and technology processes- must be trustworthy.” We couldn’t agree more with the author. #ElectionsTransparency
