London, 24 April 2015.- Smartmatic’s Chairman Lord Mark Malloch-Brown was interviewed on Sky News about the benefits of adopting voting technologies.
Lord Malloch-Brown explained to Martin Stanford on Sky News Digital View the different types of electronic voting (Remote and in-person voting), how these technologies work, and cited examples of countries such as Estonia, The Philippines and Brazil, where these technologies have been implemented with great success.
When asked if the United Kingdom could have this technology in five years, the Chairman of Smartmatic said that “it is absolutely up to politicians”, adding that implementing voting technology in the UK could potentially revive democracy, increase turnout, and get people more excited and participative.
Watch the complete interview here:
[Sky News] Mark Malloch-Brown discusses online voting in the United Kingdom
