“The Venezuelan National Electoral Council (CNE) signed a contract with the SBC Consortium for the acquisition of 20.000 voting machines, manufactured by the Italian firm Olivetti Tecnost, according to Smartmatic’s specifications and configuration,” Smartmatic says on its website.
“The service agreement includes the support and maintenance services, plus a one-year guaranty for all machines. The voting machines are expected to start arriving to Venezuela in approximately two weeks, a term established in view of the packaging and delivery times.
“According to Antonio Mugica, Smartmatic’s CEO, the SAES3000 voting machines will prevent the errors of the past. Furthermore, said machines will generate money savings at short and medium range, by doing without the expensive amount of paper formerly used in the ballot papers.'”
Source:
1. https://www.smartmatic.com/media/cne-signs-contract
1. Is the Venezuelan government’s abrupt cancellation of established ES&S voting machines, and their substitution with lottery machines through an unproven new company, a cause for suspicion?
2. What were Smartmatic’s “specifications and configuration” if the company had no experience or track record in electoral systems?
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