In its November 2007 final report on the Venezuelan election, the Carter Center devotes a section to a detailed description of the design and function of the Smartmatic SAES 3000 and SAES 3300 electronic voting and tabulation systems (p. 14).

This system was funded on contract with the Venezuelan government.

Source:
1. https://www.cartercenter.org/resources/pdfs

1. Can it be said that, according to the Carter Center’s final report, the Smartmatic operating system and voting software were developed specifically for the Venezuelan elections?

2. Did the Carter Center indicate that these machines had never before been used in an electoral process?

3. In its report, did the Carter Center show any professional skepticism about the Smartmatic systems that it described?

4. Did the Carter Center commission or have professionals participate in an independent audit of Smartmatic source code and software?