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Ahead of Argentine Election, Voting Software Company Faces Scrutiny

Martin Arostegui

   MADRID - A supplier of election technology whose software was used in
   highly suspect Venezuelan balloting, faces a fresh test of its products
   during a decisive election this Sunday in Argentina.

   The company, Smartmatic, made headlines in 2017 by pulling out of
   Venezuela when the United States, the European Union and the
   Organization of American States accused the country's leftist
   government of massive vote tampering.

   Smartmactic CEO Antonio Mujica, a Venezuelan engineer, said at the time
   that Venezuela's election authorities had grossly inflated the number
   of voters participating in the election of a special constituent
   assembly that was convened to change the constitution.

   But government opponents had already filed a series of lawsuits,
   alleging major irregularities in previous elections administered by
   Smartmatic, which had worked with the Venezuelan government for more
   than a decade.

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