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{{short description|Provider of electronic voting systems}}
{{Infobox company
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| industry = [[Electronic voting]], [[Information Technology]]
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'''Scytl
==Company==
Scytl was founded in 2001,<ref name="Forbes 2 December 2017">{{cite news |last1=Heilweil |first1=Rebecca |title=Nine Companies That Want To Revolutionize Voting Technology |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/rebeccaheilweil1/2017/12/02/eight-companies-that-want-to-revolutionize-voting-technology |accessdate=4 December 2018 |work=Forbes |date=2 December 2017 |language=en |archive-date=4 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181204195309/https://www.forbes.com/sites/rebeccaheilweil1/2017/12/02/eight-companies-that-want-to-revolutionize-voting-technology |url-status=live }}</ref> and grew
▲Scytl was founded in 2001,<ref name="Forbes 2 December 2017">{{cite news |last1=Heilweil |first1=Rebecca |title=Nine Companies That Want To Revolutionize Voting Technology |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/rebeccaheilweil1/2017/12/02/eight-companies-that-want-to-revolutionize-voting-technology |accessdate=4 December 2018 |work=Forbes |date=2 December 2017 |language=en |archive-date=4 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181204195309/https://www.forbes.com/sites/rebeccaheilweil1/2017/12/02/eight-companies-that-want-to-revolutionize-voting-technology |url-status=live }}</ref> and grew out of a [[cryptography]] research project<ref>{{cite news |title=Russia fears have election vendors feeling the heat |url=https://www.politico.com/story/2018/02/24/elections-vendors-russia-423435 |accessdate=4 December 2018 |work=POLITICO |date=24 February 2018 |language=en |archive-date=4 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181204195400/https://www.politico.com/story/2018/02/24/elections-vendors-russia-423435 |url-status=live }}</ref> at the [[Autonomous University of Barcelona]]. The name is a reference to the [[scytale]], an ancient cryptographic tool.<ref name="Scytl - Company Overview">{{cite web |title=Company Overview |url=https://www.scytl.com/en/company-overview/ |website=Scytl |accessdate=4 December 2018 |archive-date=5 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181205003302/https://www.scytl.com/en/company-overview/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
In 2017, Scytl reported having 600 employees, of which a third were based in Barcelona. In 2016,
▲It became profitable in 2006, and in 2014, it reported 70% annual revenue growth.<ref name="TechCrunch 5 August 2014">{{cite news |last1=Lomas |first1=Natasha |title=Scytl Closes $104M To Step Up Growth Of Its Electronic Voting Platform |url=https://techcrunch.com/2014/08/05/scytl-funding/ |accessdate=4 December 2018 |work=TechCrunch |date=5 August 2014 |archive-date=5 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181205003208/https://techcrunch.com/2014/08/05/scytl-funding/ |url-status=live }}</ref> It bought SOE Software in 2012.<ref name="Forbes 2 December 2017" /> It intended to go public in 2016, but delayed the [[IPO]] because of poor performance in developing markets and decided to focus on developed country markets as well as on election solutions for non-government customers.<ref>{{cite news |title=Scytl remodela su cúpula: Pere Vallés asciende a presidente y nombra a un nuevo consejero delegado |url=https://www.kippel01.com/empresa/scytl-remodela-su-cupula-pere-valles-asciende-a-presidente-y-nombra-a-un-nuevo-consejero-delegado.html |accessdate=4 December 2018 |work=kippel01 |date=5 March 2018 |language=es |archive-date=5 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181205003322/https://www.kippel01.com/empresa/scytl-remodela-su-cupula-pere-valles-asciende-a-presidente-y-nombra-a-un-nuevo-consejero-delegado.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
*Scytl Voting Hardware SL
The company's systems have been implemented in numerous countries,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.elconfidencial.com/empresas/2015-09-21/el-gobierno-rechaza-el-recurso-de-indra-y-adjudica-las-elecciones-a-scytl-y-tecnocom_1029701/|title=El Gobierno rechaza el recurso de Indra y adjudica las elecciones del 20D a Scytl|date=2016-05-13|website=El Confidencial|language=es|access-date=2019-04-04|archive-date=2019-04-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190404224508/https://www.elconfidencial.com/empresas/2015-09-21/el-gobierno-rechaza-el-recurso-de-indra-y-adjudica-las-elecciones-a-scytl-y-tecnocom_1029701/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.biztechreport.com/story/1318-indians-vote-web-scytl-technology|title=Indians Vote Via Web with Scytl Technology {{!}} Asia-Pacific Business and Technology Report|website=www.biztechreport.com|access-date=2019-04-04|archive-date=2019-04-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190404183053/http://www.biztechreport.com/story/1318-indians-vote-web-scytl-technology|url-status=live}}</ref> but problems have cropped up over the years in some of its solutions and voting systems, including those used in Australia, Ecuador, Norway, and Switzerland.<ref name=Fichter />▼
▲In 2017, Scytl reported having 600 employees, of which a third were in Barcelona. In 2016, it divided itself into three companies:<ref>{{cite news |last1=Galtés |first1=Marc |title=Scytl se divide en tres |url=https://www.lavanguardia.com/economia/emprendedores/20170620/423517278396/scytl-divide-tres.html |accessdate=4 December 2018 |work=La Vanguardia |date=20 June 2017 |archive-date=5 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181205011726/https://www.lavanguardia.com/economia/emprendedores/20170620/423517278396/scytl-divide-tres.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
▲*the original Scytl Secure Electronic Voting, which develops voting software,
▲*Scytl Voting Hardware SL, which develops voting hardware, owned by Scytl and an anonymous [[Dubai]]-based investor, and
▲*Civiti (formerly OpenSeneca), which focuses on civic participation services.
▲The company's systems have been implemented in numerous countries,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.elconfidencial.com/empresas/2015-09-21/el-gobierno-rechaza-el-recurso-de-indra-y-adjudica-las-elecciones-a-scytl-y-tecnocom_1029701/|title=El Gobierno rechaza el recurso de Indra y adjudica las elecciones del 20D a Scytl|date=2016-05-13|website=El Confidencial|language=es|access-date=2019-04-04|archive-date=2019-04-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190404224508/https://www.elconfidencial.com/empresas/2015-09-21/el-gobierno-rechaza-el-recurso-de-indra-y-adjudica-las-elecciones-a-scytl-y-tecnocom_1029701/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.biztechreport.com/story/1318-indians-vote-web-scytl-technology|title=Indians Vote Via Web with Scytl Technology {{!}} Asia-Pacific Business and Technology Report|website=www.biztechreport.com|access-date=2019-04-04|archive-date=2019-04-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190404183053/http://www.biztechreport.com/story/1318-indians-vote-web-scytl-technology|url-status=live}}</ref> but problems have cropped up over the years in some of its solutions and voting systems, including those used in Australia, Ecuador, Norway and Switzerland.<ref name=Fichter />
===Investors===
Scytl was funded by [[venture capital]]
===Acquisitions
In 2012, Scytl acquired the American company SOE Software ("Supervisors of Elections"<ref>{{cite web|title=Election and Candidate Management Software|url=http://www.soesoftware.com/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021208191248/http://www.soesoftware.com/|archive-date=8 December 2002|website=SOEsoftware.com|quote=Our Windows Election Management System, WinEMS, will revolutionize election and candidate management for Supervisors of Elections.}}</ref>), located in [[Tampa]].<ref>{{cite news|date=11 January 2012|title=SCYTL Acquires SOE Software, Becoming the Leading Election Software Provider|work=[[Business Wire]]|url=http://eon.businesswire.com/news/eon/20120111005636/en/Scytl/SOE/election-software|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120519073138/http://eon.businesswire.com/news/eon/20120111005636/en/Scytl/SOE/election-software|archive-date=19 May 2012|quote=SCYTL, the global leader in secure electronic voting technologies, announced today the acquisition of 100% of SOE Software, the leading software provider of election management solutions in the United States.}}</ref> SOE implemented Scytl technologies in the United States.<ref name="debunking">{{cite web|date=13 November 2020|title=Fact Checking Regarding US Elections: Debunking Fake News|url=https://www.scytl.com/en/fact-checking-regarding-us-elections-debunking-fake-news/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201120201610/https://www.scytl.com/en/fact-checking-regarding-us-elections-debunking-fake-news/|archive-date=20 November 2020|access-date=14 November 2020|website=Scytl.com|quote=The technologies implemented by Scytl in the US are both hosted and managed within the US, by a local subsidiary, SOE Software, based in Tampa, Florida .. The US army has not seized anything from Scytl in Barcelona, Frankfurt or anywhere else .. We are not owned by George Soros and have never been connected to him .. We are not tied to Smartmatic, SGO, Dominion or Indra}}</ref>
In 2013, Scytl acquired the software division of Gov2U,<ref>{{cite news |work=[[MarketWatch]] |date=30 April 2013 |url=https://www.marketwatch.com/story/scytl-acquires-gov2us-software-division-expanding-its-edemocracy-solutions-portfolio-2013-04-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130609022607/https://www.marketwatch.com/story/scytl-acquires-gov2us-software-division-expanding-its-edemocracy-solutions-portfolio-2013-04-30 |archive-date=9 June 2013 |title=Scytl acquires Gov2U's software division expanding its eDemocracy solutions portfolio}}</ref> a company partnered with the [[National Democratic Institute]].<ref>{{cite web |website=Gov2U.org |url=http://www.gov2u.org/index.php/our-network |title=Our Partners |access-date=2020-11-14 |archive-date=2020-05-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200512045758/https://gov2u.org/index.php/our-network |url-status=live }}</ref>
Scytl became a partner of [[Amazon Web Services]] by November 2018.<ref>{{cite web |website=Amazon.com |url=https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/publicsector/spotlight-on-elections-voting-cloud-and-alexa/ |date=5 November 2018 |title=Spotlight on Elections: Voting, Cloud, and Alexa |quote=Scytl, a global AWS Partner, has successfully delivered election modernization projects in the U.S. since 2008. Most recently, for the 2016 US Presidential Election, Scytl’s technology provided over 53 million registered voters and thousands of election staff across 28 states |access-date=14 November 2020 |archive-date=22 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201122011833/https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/publicsector/spotlight-on-elections-voting-cloud-and-alexa/ |url-status=live }}</ref> They host their services on Amazon's cloud platform.<ref>{{cite web |website=Scytl.com |url=https://scytl.us/scytl-secure-election-technology/ |title=Secure ElectionTechnology |quote=Scytl products and services are hosted on Amazon Web Services, a secure cloud service platform built on sound network infrastructure. |access-date=2020-11-14 |archive-date=2020-11-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201114114808/https://scytl.us/scytl-secure-election-technology/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
===2020 bankruptcy and
On
In late October, the Paragon Group subsidiary "Service Point Solutions" (from December 2021, Innovative Solutions Ecosystem "ISE") acquired Scytl including its U.S. subsidiary SOE.<ref name="Paragon" />
==Operations==
===Australia===
In 2018, the authorities of [[New South Wales]] selected Scytl to provide the software for the state's "iVote" online voting system until 2022 for $1.9 million
=== Ecuador ===
Scytl ran voting machines in several parts of [[Ecuador]] in 2014. They were supposed to produce results within 72 hours, but ran into a variety of problems and took over a month.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://votodigital.wordpress.com/2014/04/24/por-que-fallo-la-automatizacion-de-scytl-en-ecuador/|title=¿Por qué falló la automatización de Scytl en Ecuador?|last=dijo|first=Alfons Gonzalez|date=2014-04-24|website=Voto digital|language=es-ES|access-date=2019-02-22|archive-date=2019-02-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190222152051/https://votodigital.wordpress.com/2014/04/24/por-que-fallo-la-automatizacion-de-scytl-en-ecuador/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=Fichter>{{Cite
===European Union===
In 2014, a consortium created by Scytl and TNS opinion provided real-time electoral projections and results consolidation and dissemination across the 28 EU Member States for the European Parliament Elections held on May
===Malta===
Scytl and
=== Norway ===
Scytl deployed electronic voting in Norway in 2011 in partnership with the government. A flaw in their cryptography was discovered in 2013, and 0.75% of all voters managed to vote twice in 2013, once online and once in a polling station.<ref name="auto">{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-28055678|title=E-voting experiments end in Norway|date=2014-06-27|access-date=2019-02-22|language=en-GB|archive-date=2019-02-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190222153423/https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-28055678|url-status=live}}</ref>
In 2014, Norway abandoned Scytl's Internet Voting project, due to security failures, lack of increase in turnout, and high costs.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://venturebeat.com/2014/06/27/norway-axes-online-voting-experiment-over-security-threats/|title=Norway axes online voting experiment over security threats|date=2014-06-27|website=VentureBeat|language=en-US|access-date=2019-02-22|archive-date=2019-02-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190222152020/https://venturebeat.com/2014/06/27/norway-axes-online-voting-experiment-over-security-threats/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="auto"/>
===Russia===▼
=== Spain ===
Scytl partnered with
===Switzerland===
In a joint venture with [[Swiss Post]], Scytl provides its sVote e-voting system to several [[Cantons of Switzerland|cantons]] that allow Swiss citizens who live abroad to take part in cantonal and federal elections and
==== Criticism of the System ====
Scytl said its sVote system used in Switzerland is "universally verifiable", but its system has been criticized as overly complex, difficult to audit, and not sufficiently transparent.<ref name=Fichter/> After Swiss authorities launched a public code review, a group of researchers of the [[University of Melbourne]], [[Université catholique de Louvain]], and the Open Privacy Research Society reported in March 2019 that they discovered a deficiency in the leaked version of the source
===United States===
In the [[2016 United States elections]], Scytl's technologies were used
==== 2020 United States Presidential Election ====
After President [[Donald Trump]]'s defeat in the [[2020 United States presidential election]], his attorney [[Sidney Powell]] repeated an allegation made by [[One America News Network]], Congressman [[Louis Gohmert]], and others that accurate voting results had been transmitted to a Scytl office in Germany, where they were supposedly tabulated to reveal a landslide victory for Trump, and that a company server had been seized in a raid by the United States Army.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Bump|first=Philip|title=Analysis |
=== United Arab Emirates ===
Scytl UAE has been involved in implementing digital voting solutions for the electoral process in the United Arab Emirates. As the primary partner in the UAE's initiative to digitize elections, Scytl UAE has provided the implementation of fully digital voting processes. Their online voting platform, introduced for the [[Federal National Council]] elections, allows [[Emirati citizenship|Emirati citizens]] to cast their votes securely and conveniently from any internet-enabled device, including those residing outside the country.<ref>{{Cite press release |title=United Arab Emirates Becomes First Country to Hold Fully Digital Elections With Scytl |url=https://www.newswire.com/news/united-arab-emirates-becomes-first-country-to-hold-fully-digital-22130544 |access-date=2024-02-27 |website=www.newswire.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Abbas |first=Waheed |title=UAE FNC elections 2023: Casting votes took less than 5 minutes, say Emiratis on day 2 of polls |url=https://www.khaleejtimes.com/uae/uae-fnc-elections-2023-casting-votes-took-less-than-5-minutes-say-emiratis-on-day-2-of-polls |access-date=2024-02-27 |website=Khaleej Times |language=en}}</ref>
▲After President Donald Trump's defeat in the [[2020 United States presidential election]], his attorney [[Sidney Powell]] repeated an allegation made by [[One America News Network]], Congressman [[Louis Gohmert]] and others that accurate voting results had been transmitted to a Scytl office in Germany, where they were supposedly tabulated to reveal a landslide victory for Trump, and that a company server had been seized in a raid by the United States Army.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Bump|first=Philip|title=Analysis | Here’s how seriously you should take the Trump legal team’s conspiracy theories|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/11/19/heres-how-seriously-you-should-take-trump-legal-teams-conspiracy-theories/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201120033602/https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/11/19/heres-how-seriously-you-should-take-trump-legal-teams-conspiracy-theories/|archive-date=2020-11-20|access-date=2020-11-22|via=www.washingtonpost.com}}</ref> Scytl denied the allegations and the Army stated the raid allegation was false.<ref>{{Cite news|last1=Joffe-Block|first1=Jude|date=November 14, 2020|title=False reports claim election servers were seized in Germany|work=[[Associated Press|AP News]]|url=https://apnews.com/article/fact-checking-afs:Content:9754011363|url-status=live|access-date=November 22, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201115091412/https://apnews.com/article/fact-checking-afs:Content:9754011363|archive-date=November 15, 2020}}</ref> Scytl affirmed having an office in [[Frankfurt]], stating it was closed in September 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Roose|first=Kevin|date=November 18, 2020|title=No, the Army didn’t seize a German server showing a Trump landslide.|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/18/technology/scytl-trump.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201121025922/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/18/technology/scytl-trump.html|archive-date=November 21, 2020|access-date=November 22, 2020|via=NYTimes.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Scytl strongly denies the false information related to the U.S. elections | Scytl|url=https://www.scytl.com/en/fact-checking-regarding-us-elections-debunking-fake-news/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201120201610/https://www.scytl.com/en/fact-checking-regarding-us-elections-debunking-fake-news/|archive-date=2020-11-20|access-date=2020-11-14|website=www.scytl.com |quote=Servers in Frankfurt were used for a specific project for the European Parliament in 2019. These back-up servers were closed in September 2019.}}</ref> The company also denied allegations that it had ties to Russia or [[George Soros]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Business|first=Oliver Darcy, CNN|title=Company debunks conspiracy theory that its server showed a landslide for Trump|url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/17/media/scytl-debunks-conspiracy-theory/index.html|access-date=2020-11-22|website=CNN}}</ref>
In [[Canada]], the electoral landscape is undergoing a transformative shift as Elections [[Nova Scotia]] enters into a significant partnership with Scytl Canada Inc., an international corporation specialising in online voting software. The $150,000 contract aims to develop a customized platform ahead of the next provincial election, with an additional $200,000 allocated for operational expenses during the electoral process. The collaboration is particularly significant following amendments to the [[Elections Act 2001|Elections Act in 2021]], permitting the use of internet voting for military members stationed outside Nova Scotia during elections. With Scytl's experience in developing internet voting software globally, this partnership attempts to modernize and improve the democratic experience in Nova Scotia.<ref>https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/voting-elections-electronic-dorothy-rice-scytl-1.6748012 {{Bare URL inline|date=August 2024}}</ref><ref>https://financialpost.com/pmn/press-releases-pmn/business-wire-news-releases-pmn/scytls-secure-online-voting-benefits-municipalities-across-ontario-in-2022 {{Bare URL inline|date=August 2024}}</ref>
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* [[Dominion Voting Systems]]
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