Technology has been the starting point for
several leading companies in the world seeking to innovate in the elections,
with the firm intention of strengthening democracy and offering citizens
solutions to participate in the electoral processes.
The Philippines, India, the United States,
Belgium and Estonia have benefited from electronic voting technology to make
their way on the road to elections automation and digital democracy.
The governments of those nations have seen
these technology companies as allies to modernize their democratic processes.
Indra Company, Smartmatic, Scytl, and Election Systems & Software (ES &
S), leading companies in the field of elections.
Having participated in elections around the
world, these companies face day by day detractors who seek to generate
controversies about their origins and the place where they were founded, with
the simple intention of distorting or generating opinion arrays that mitigate
the confidence in the election results.
Although its founding countries are clearly
established: Indra Company
and Scytl are of
Spanish origin with their headquarters in the same country, ES & S was founded and operates in
the United States, as well as Smartmatic which was registered in Delaware, United States and currently has its
Headquarters in London, on several occasions have been awarded other origins
based on the countries where they have held elections; or the nationality of
its founders.
From this issue, it is clear that this type of
controversy is only generated with a main objective: to divert attention from
issues that are important for democracy and the social development of
countries, citizen participation and the power voters have to decide who will
be in their governments.
