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Smartmatic was officially incorporated on 11 April 2000 in [[Delaware]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Division of Corporations - Filing - SMARTMATIC CORPORATION|url=https://icis.corp.delaware.gov/Ecorp/EntitySearch/NameSearch.aspx|website=State of Delaware - Division of Corporations|publisher=[[State of Delaware]]|accessdate=22 July 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Foreign Profit - SMARTMATIC CORPORATION|url=http://www.urru.org/papers/anexo1.2.jpg|publisher=[[State of Delaware]]|accessdate=22 July 2017}}</ref><ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2004/07/20/business/a-crucial-vote-for-venezuela-and-a-company.html?_r=1 "A Crucial Vote for Venezuela and a Company"] ''New York Times''. Retrieved 2017-01-19.</ref>  After receiving funds from private investors,<ref name="KNIGHTsmart" /> the company then began to expand.  The company was contracted in 2004 for the automation of electoral processes in Venezuela. Since 2004, its election technology has been used in local and national elections globally.

Smartmatic was officially incorporated on 11 April 2000 in [[Delaware]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Division of Corporations - Filing - SMARTMATIC CORPORATION|url=https://icis.corp.delaware.gov/Ecorp/EntitySearch/NameSearch.aspx|website=State of Delaware - Division of Corporations|publisher=[[State of Delaware]]|accessdate=22 July 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Foreign Profit - SMARTMATIC CORPORATION|url=http://www.urru.org/papers/anexo1.2.jpg|publisher=[[State of Delaware]]|accessdate=22 July 2017}}</ref><ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2004/07/20/business/a-crucial-vote-for-venezuela-and-a-company.html?_r=1 "A Crucial Vote for Venezuela and a Company"] ''New York Times''. Retrieved 2017-01-19.</ref>  After receiving funds from private investors,<ref name="KNIGHTsmart" /> the company then began to expand.  The company was contracted in 2004 for the automation of electoral processes in Venezuela. Since 2004, its election technology has been used in local and national elections globally.

====2016 Utah republican presidential primaries====

====2016 Utah Republican presidential primaries====

In the 2016 Utah Republican caucus, where [[Utah]] Republicans voted to choose the party’s nominee for president in the [[2016 US Presidential election]], the voters had the opportunity to vote using traditional methods or to vote online. For online voting, the Utah Republican Party used an internet voting system developed by the Smartmatic-Cybernetica Internet Voting Centre of Excellence, based in Estonia.<ref name=":3">{{Cite news|url=http://estonianworld.com/technology/estonian-i-voting-software-used-in-utah-republican-caucus/|title=Estonian internet voting software used in Utah Republican caucus|date=2016-04-14|newspaper=Estonian World|language=en-US|access-date=2017-01-30}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://e-estonia.com/estonian-e-solutions-everywhere/|title=Estonian E-solutions Everywhere - e-Estonia|website=e-estonia.com|access-date=2017-01-30|date=2016-05-23}}</ref>

In the 2016 Utah Republican caucus, where [[Utah]] Republicans voted to choose the party’s nominee for president in the [[2016 US Presidential election]], the voters had the opportunity to vote using traditional methods or to vote online. For online voting, the Utah Republican Party used an internet voting system developed by the Smartmatic-Cybernetica Internet Voting Centre of Excellence, based in Estonia.<ref name=":3">{{Cite news|url=http://estonianworld.com/technology/estonian-i-voting-software-used-in-utah-republican-caucus/|title=Estonian internet voting software used in Utah Republican caucus|date=2016-04-14|newspaper=Estonian World|language=en-US|access-date=2017-01-30}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://e-estonia.com/estonian-e-solutions-everywhere/|title=Estonian E-solutions Everywhere - e-Estonia|website=e-estonia.com|access-date=2017-01-30|date=2016-05-23}}</ref>

Despite warnings from security experts,<ref>{{cite news|last1=Lapowsky|first1=Issie|title=Utah's Online Caucus Gives Security Experts Heart Attacks|url=https://www.wired.com/2016/03/security-experts-arent-going-like-utahs-online-primary/|accessdate=1 February 2017|work=[[WIRED]]|date=21 March 2016}}</ref> Utah Republican Party officials billed the online voting system, for which the state paid $150,000. Multiple issues occurred with the system, with voters receiving error messages and even being blocked from voting. Smartmatic received thousands of calls from Utah voters surrounding issues with the process. ''The Washington Post'' states that "the concern seems to be less with the technology and more with the security of the devices people use to vote".<ref name=":2">{{cite news|last1=Phillips|first1=Amber|title=Utah Republicans are holding a first-ever online presidential primary. And it's not going so well.|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/03/22/utah-republicans-are-holding-a-first-ever-online-primary-and-its-not-going-so-well/|accessdate=28 December 2016|work=[[The Washington Post]]|date=22 March 2016}}</ref>

Despite warnings from security experts,<ref>{{cite news|last1=Lapowsky|first1=Issie|title=Utah's Online Caucus Gives Security Experts Heart Attacks|url=https://www.wired.com/2016/03/security-experts-arent-going-like-utahs-online-primary/|accessdate=1 February 2017|work=[[WIRED]]|date=21 March 2016}}</ref> Utah Republican Party officials billed the online voting system, for which the state paid $150,000. Multiple issues occurred with the system, with voters receiving error messages and even being blocked from voting. Smartmatic received thousands of calls from Utah voters surrounding issues with the process. ''The Washington Post'' states that "the concern seems to be less with the technology and more with the security of the devices people use to vote".<ref name=":2">{{cite news|last1=Phillips|first1=Amber|title=Utah Republicans are holding a first-ever online presidential primary. And it's not going so well.|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/03/22/utah-republicans-are-holding-a-first-ever-online-primary-and-its-not-going-so-well/|accessdate=28 December 2016|work=[[The Washington Post]]|date=22 March 2016}}</ref>

According to Joe Kiniry, the lead researcher of Galois, a technology research firm:<ref name="DOTsmart"/>{{quote|text=Several of us did a lightweight analysis of it remotely, to see how it was built and deployed and this sort of thing ... we found that they were using technologies that even modern Web programmers stay away from. ... It’s like the dumbest possible choices are being made by some of these companies with respect to deployed technology that should be mission-critical!}}

According to Joe Kiniry, the lead researcher of Galois, a technology research firm:<ref name="DOTsmart"/>{{quotebox|Several of us did a lightweight analysis of it remotely, to see how it was built and deployed and this sort of thing ... we found that they were using technologies that even modern Web programmers stay away from. ... It’s like the dumbest possible choices are being made by some of these companies with respect to deployed technology that should be mission-critical!}}

==See also==

==See also==