For the first time in history, 2024 elections will be held across the country using electronic technologies – the Chairman of the Central Election Commission [CEC] provided today representatives from 40 political parties with a detailed overview of electronic voting technologies.

In a meeting, that featured Renata Levovski, Director of the International Foundation for Electoral Systems in Georgia and John Dipiro, the Director of the International Republican Institute in Georgia, Giorgi Kalandarishvili outlined the CEC’s ongoing and future initiatives to integrate the electronic technologies into the electoral process.

He underlined the benefits of e-voting and stressed the chosen technologies, to be used in the 2024 parliamentary elections, were in conformity with international standards and “best practices”.

“At today’s meeting we shared comprehensive information on the use and implementation of technology. The discussion revealed no substantial concerns about the functionality of the technologies our process is open, public, and transparent”, - added Giorgi Kalandarishvili.

Presentations on Smartmatic, a multinational company that builds and implements electronic voting systems and Pro V&V, an accredited company testing voting systems, were also submitted to the attendees by the companies’ representatives.