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| industry = [[Electronic voting]], [[Information Technology]]
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| parent = ServiceInnovative PointSolutions SolutionsEcosystem (of Paragon Group)<ref name=Paragon>{{cite web |website=Scytl.com |url=https://www.scytl.com/en/service-point-solutions-part-of-paragon-group-announces-acquisition-of-scytl-the-barcelona-based-company-leader-in-digital-voting-and-electoral-modernization/ |title=Service Point Solutions, part of Paragon Group, announces the acquisition of Scytl, the Barcelona based company leader in digital voting and electoral modernization. |date=22 October 2020 |quote=Service Point Solutions, a company quoted in the Spanish Stock Exchange and part of Paragon group, announced today the acquisition of Scytl, a Barcelona -based company leader in digital voting and electoral modernization. The acquisition also includes Civiciti, the citizen participation platform launched by the software company in 2016, and Scytl subsidiaries in USA, Canada, Australia, France and Greece. |access-date=14 November 2020 |archive-date=14 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201114162655/https://www.scytl.com/en/service-point-solutions-part-of-paragon-group-announces-acquisition-of-scytl-the-barcelona-based-company-leader-in-digital-voting-and-electoral-modernization/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
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'''Scytl SecureElection Electronic Voting,Technologies S.AL.U.''' (also stylized '''SCYTL'''), is a Spanish provider of [[electronic voting]] systemssystem and election technology company. Founded in 2001 in [[Barcelona]], its products and services are have been used in elections and referenda[[Referendum|referendums]] acrossin themany worldcountries.
 
==Company==
Scytl is owned by [[Paragon Group]]. Scytl is one of the largest election services companies, as is its competitor [[Dominion Voting Systems]].<ref>{{cite news |work=The Guardian |date=23 April 2019 |first=Jordan |last=Wilkie |title='They think they are above the law': the firms that own America's voting system |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/apr/22/us-voting-machine-private-companies-voter-registration |quote=Raskin’s bill could affect at least two of the largest election companies. Dominion Voting Systems, which is the second-largest voting machine vendor in the US, is based in both the US and Canada. Scytl, which provides election night reporting and other online election management tools, is based in Spain. |access-date=14 November 2020 |archive-date=15 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201115032245/https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/apr/22/us-voting-machine-private-companies-voter-registration |url-status=live }}</ref>
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 offrom 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>
 
ItScytl 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> ItScytl bought SOE Software in 2012.,<ref name="Forbes 2 December 2017" /> Itand two years later intended to go public in 2016, but delayed the [[IPO]] because of poor performance in developing markets. andThey decided to focus on developedmarkets countryin marketsdeveloped countries 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>
==History==
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, itScytl 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>
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>
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*Civiti (formerly OpenSenecaOpen Seneca),: which focusesFocuses 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 />
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]]., Itand raised $9 million in 2006 from investors including [[Balderton Capital]] and Nauta Capital, and $104 million in 2014 in multiple funding rounds from investors including [[Vulcan Capital]], [[Sapphire Ventures]], Vy Capital, [[Adams Street Partners]], and Industry Ventures.<ref name="TechCrunch 5 August 2014" /> [[Paul Allen]] (co-founder of Microsoft with [[Bill Gates]]) invested $40 million in 2014.<ref>https://www.catalannews.com/business/item/microsoft-s-co-founder-paul-allen-invests-40-million-in-catalan-e-voting-company-scytlM {{Dead link|date=February 2022}}</ref>
 
===Acquisitions and cooperations===
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 recoverypurchase===
On 11 May 11, 2020, facing debts of overexceeding €75&nbsp; million, Scytl initiated bankruptcy proceedings with athe viewintention toof selling its business to the U.S. investment fund Sandton Capital.<ref name=Augustina>{{Cite web |date=14 May 2020 |title=Scytl solicita al juez la liquidación y la venta del negocio al fondo Sandton Capital |url=https://www.lavanguardia.com/economia/20200514/481138885893/scytl-sandton-capital-liquidacion-venta-negocio-juez-voto-electronico.html |access-date=20 May 2020 |website=La Vanguardia |language=es |first=Lalo |last=Augustina |archive-date=20 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200520072121/https://www.lavanguardia.com/economia/20200514/481138885893/scytl-sandton-capital-liquidacion-venta-negocio-juez-voto-electronico.html |url-status=live }}</ref> On 2 June 2020, a Spanish court declared Scytl bankrupt and started the process of auctioning off its assets.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-06-07|title=El juez abre la venta de Scytl y espera ofertas por la empresa hasta el 22 de junio|url=https://www.lavanguardia.com/economia/20200607/481657532094/scytl-subasta-unidad-productiva-venta-indra-liquidacion.html|access-date=2020-06-15|website=La Vanguardia|language=es|archive-date=2020-06-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200615114558/https://www.lavanguardia.com/economia/20200607/481657532094/scytl-subasta-unidad-productiva-venta-indra-liquidacion.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
 
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" />
 
==Products==
Scytl's products covered the entire election process, including election planning, online [[voter registration]], poll worker management, electronic ballot delivery, online voting, results consolidation and election night reporting.<ref name="Forbes 2 December 2017" /><ref name="TechCrunch 5 August 2014" />
 
==Customers==
In 2014, Scytl reported having customers in more than 35 countries.<ref name="TechCrunch 5 August 2014" /> Their products have been used in the following jurisdictions, among others:
 
==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.,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.itnews.com.au/news/nsw-electoral-commission-picks-sctyl-to-upgrade-ivote-489871|title=NSW Electoral Commission picks Scytl to upgrade iVote|last1=Hendry|first1=Justin|date=30 April 2018|work=iTnews|accessdate=4 December 2018|archive-date=5 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181205003348/https://www.itnews.com.au/news/nsw-electoral-commission-picks-sctyl-to-upgrade-ivote-489871|url-status=live}}</ref> The iVote system is an internet and telephone voting solution thatwhich allowsallowed personsAustralians with disabilities and voters with accessibility problems to vote remotely.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ausdroid.net/2019/03/04/nsw-voters-can-now-apply-for-ivote-ahead-of-the-2019-state-election/|title=NSW Voters can now apply for iVote ahead of the 2019 State Election|last=Dennis|first=Alex|date=2019-03-04|website=Ausdroid|language=en-AU|access-date=2019-03-20|archive-date=2019-03-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190304200147/https://ausdroid.net/2019/03/04/nsw-voters-can-now-apply-for-ivote-ahead-of-the-2019-state-election/|url-status=live}}</ref> During the 2015 election, researchers uncovered vulnerabilities in the iVote system which could be used to manipulate votes, violate ballot privacy and subvert the verification mechanism.<ref>{{Cite journalbook|lastlast1=Halderman|firstfirst1=J. Alex|last2=Teague|first2=Vanessa|title=E-Voting and Identity |chapter=The New South Wales iVote System: Security Failures and Verification Flaws in a Live Online Election |author2-link=Vanessa Teague|date=2015|editor-last=Haenni|editor-first=Rolf|editor2-last=Koenig|editor2-first=Reto E.|editor3-last=Wikström|editor3-first=Douglas|title=The New South Wales iVote System: Security Failures and Verification Flaws in a Live Online Election|journal=E-Voting and Identity|volume=9269|series=Lecture Notes in Computer Science|language=en|publisher=Springer International Publishing|pages=35–53|doi=10.1007/978-3-319-22270-7_3|isbn=9783319222707|arxiv=1504.05646|bibcode=2015arXiv150405646H|s2cid=949517}}</ref> However, in a public statement, the NSW Electoral Commission clarified that the vulnerability was not related to the online voting system but to the publicly accessible SSL certificate on the Piwik website, the [[web analytics]] tool used by the Commission.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.elections.nsw.gov.au/About-us/Public-interest-information/iVote-reports/Response-from-the-NSW-Electoral-Commission-to-iVot |website=elections.nsw.gov.au |title=Response from the NSW Electoral Commission to iVote security allegations |access-date=30 March 2019 |archive-date=27 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327012930/https://www.elections.nsw.gov.au/About-us/Public-interest-information/iVote-reports/Response-from-the-NSW-Electoral-Commission-to-iVot |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.itnews.com.au/news/nsw-ivote-it-chief-plays-down-freak-risk-401966|title=NSW iVote IT chief plays down FREAK risk|website=iTnews|access-date=2019-03-20|archive-date=2020-04-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200424000249/https://www.itnews.com.au/news/nsw-ivote-it-chief-plays-down-freak-risk-401966|url-status=live}}</ref>
 
=== 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 webjournal |url=https://www.republik.ch/2019/02/07/the-tricky-business-of-democracy |title=The Tricky Business of Democracy |first=Adrienne |last=Fichter |websitejournal=republik.chRepublik |date=7 February 2019 |language=de |access-date=22 February 2019 |archive-date=22 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190222152103/https://www.republik.ch/2019/02/07/the-tricky-business-of-democracy |url-status=live }}</ref>
 
===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 22-2522–25, 2014. The consortium collected and processed election results from all Member States providing a multi-lingual website in 24 official languages for the publication and dissemination of the European parliamentParliament election results.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.europarl.europa.eu/elections2014-results/en/country-results-lu-2014.html|title=Results of the 2014 European elections - Results by country - Luxembourg - European Parliament|website=Results of the 2014 European elections - Results by country - Luxembourg - European Parliament|language=en|access-date=2019-03-20|archive-date=2019-04-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190429011529/http://www.europarl.europa.eu/elections2014-results/en/country-results-lu-2014.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
 
===Malta===
Scytl and idoxIdox, provide the Maltese "eCount" electronic vote counting system that is to be, used beginningfirst in 2019.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Galea |first1=Albert |title=Waiting time for election results to be drastically reduced with new electronic vote counting system - The Malta Independent |url=http://www.independent.com.mt/articles/2018-11-13/local-news/Waiting-time-for-election-results-to-be-drastically-reduced-with-new-electronic-vote-counting-system-6736199325 |accessdate=4 December 2018 |work=Independent |archive-date=2018-12-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181205003425/http://www.independent.com.mt/articles/2018-11-13/local-news/Waiting-time-for-election-results-to-be-drastically-reduced-with-new-electronic-vote-counting-system-6736199325 |url-status=live }}</ref>
 
=== 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===
By autumn 2012, Scytl had partnered with Yopolis, a company started by Maxim Nogotkov as the first online participation platform in the [[Russian Federation]]. Scytl was to provide security verifying integrity of Yopolis municipal voting. Pere Valles attended the launch event in [[Moscow]] while serving as CEO of the company,<ref>{{cite web |website=Scytle.com |url=https://www.scytl.com/en/russias-first-online-participation-platform-powered-by-scytl/ |title=Russia’s first online participation platform powered by Scytl |date=26 November 2012 |quote=Scytl’s cryptographic security technology will ‘power’ Yopolis, Russia’s first online participation platform. Yopolis was launched in a public event in Moscow on November 22nd by renown businessman Maxim Nogotkov with the objective of becoming the main social network for local e-democracy in Russia. The online platform includes a variety of features to foster and facilitate citizen engagement and participation in local issues for all Russian municipalities. Scytl’s CEO Pere Valles attended the launching event in Moscow and explained Scytl’s security contribution to the platform which, among other benefits, will allow citizens to verify the integrity of the results of any voting process that takes place in Yopolis. |access-date=14 November 2020 |archive-date=14 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201114170756/https://www.scytl.com/en/russias-first-online-participation-platform-powered-by-scytl/ |url-status=live }}</ref> prior to being chairman of the board of directors in April 2018.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.scytl.com/en/team/directors/pere-valles/ |website=Scytl.com |title=Pere Vallès |quote=After 14 years leading Scytl as its CEO, Pere became the Chairman of Scytl’s Board of Directors in April 2018. |access-date=2020-11-14 |archive-date=2020-11-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201114163820/https://www.scytl.com/en/team/directors/pere-valles/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
 
=== Spain ===
Scytl partnered with TecnocomTechnocom to provide results consolidation and publication technology in the [[2015 Spanish general election|2015 Spanish General elections]].<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=2019-03-20|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> In May 2019, Scytl will partner with Vector ITC to consolidate and publish the preliminary results of the [[2019 Spanish local elections|municipal]] and [[2019 European Parliament election|European elections]] in Spain.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lavanguardia.com/economia/20190128/4662909011/scytl-vector-escrutinio-elecciones-locales-parlamento-europeo.html|title=Scytl y Vector realizarán el escrutinio de las elecciones locales y al Parlamento Europeo del 26 de mayo|date=2019-01-28|website=La Vanguardia|access-date=2019-03-20|archive-date=2020-11-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201122011856/https://www.lavanguardia.com/economia/20190128/4662909011/scytl-vector-escrutinio-elecciones-locales-parlamento-europeo.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.larazon.es/tecnologia/asi-se-evitaran-ataques-informaticos-el-26-m-NF22054955|title=Así se evitarán ataques informáticos en las elecciones del 26-M|last=Villar|first=Ernesto|date=2019-02-21|website=www.larazon.es|language=es-ES|access-date=2019-03-20|archive-date=2020-11-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201122011835/https://www.larazon.es/tecnologia/asi-se-evitaran-ataques-informaticos-el-26-m-NF22054955/|url-status=live}}</ref>
 
===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 referendareferendums electronically.<ref>{{cite news |title=Swiss Post, Scytl to develop e-voting system |url=https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/e-election_swiss-post--scytl-to-develop-e-voting-system/41619572 |accessdate=4 December 2018 |work=[[swissinfo]] |date=23 August 2015 |language=en |archive-date=5 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181205003225/https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/e-election_swiss-post--scytl-to-develop-e-voting-system/41619572 |url-status=live }}</ref> After the [[Canton of Geneva]] decided in 2018 to abandon the continued development of its own e-voting system, Swiss Post and Scytl remained the only e-voting providers then certified to provide e-voting services in Switzerland by the [[Swiss Federal Chancellery]].<ref name="Der Bund 4 December 2018">{{cite news |last1=Wälti |first1=Simon |title=Bern muss auf private Firma bauen |url=https://www.derbund.ch/bern/kanton/bern-muss-auf-private-firma-bauen/story/17848226 |accessdate=4 December 2018 |work=[[Der Bund]] |archive-date=4 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181204131728/https://www.derbund.ch/bern/kanton/bern-muss-auf-private-firma-bauen/story/17848226 |url-status=live }}</ref>
 
==== 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- code that would allow the system's operator to alter votes undetected.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Zetter |first1=Kim |last2=Maiberg |first2=Emanuel |title=Researchers Find Critical Backdoor in Swiss Online Voting System |url=https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/zmakk3/researchers-find-critical-backdoor-in-swiss-online-voting-system |accessdate=12 March 2019 |work=Motherboard |date=12 March 2019 |archive-date=12 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190312092611/https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/zmakk3/researchers-find-critical-backdoor-in-swiss-online-voting-system |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Lewis |first1=Sarah Jamie |last2=Pereira |first2=Olivier |last3=Teague |first3=Vanessa |author3-link=Vanessa Teague |title=Trapdoor commitments in the SwissPost e-voting shuffle proof |url=https://people.eng.unimelb.edu.au/vjteague/SwissVote |website=University of Melbourne |accessdate=12 March 2019 |archive-date=12 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190312092655/https://people.eng.unimelb.edu.au/vjteague/SwissVote |url-status=live }}</ref> Additionally, the Swiss security research group setuid(0) released several vulnerabilities in cooperation with the Swiss Post,<ref>{{Cite news|last=Oliver|first=Wietlisbach|date=2019-02-25|title=Jetzt wird das E-Voting der Post gehackt – und die Hacker lassen sich nicht lange bitten|work=Watson|url=https://www.watson.ch/digital/schweiz/579849835-die-post-laesst-ihr-e-voting-hacken-und-die-hacker-lassen-sich-nicht-lange-bitten}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Tom|first=Sperlich|date=2019-02-23|title=Die Schweiz kurz vor dem Härtetest ihres E-Voting-Systems|work=Heise|url=https://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/Die-Schweiz-kurz-vor-dem-Haertetest-ihres-E-Voting-Systems-4316841.html?seite=2}}</ref> including an issue where a system operator could execute arbitrary code on the e-voting servers.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-02-27|title=CVE-2019-25022 Detail|url=https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-25022|website=NIST NATIONAL VULNERABILITY DATABASE}}</ref> Because of the deficiencies, Swiss authorities disallowed the use of Scytl's e-voting system in the Swiss referendareferendums of 19 May 2019,<ref>{{cite news |title=Swiss Post's e-voting system pulled for May votes |url=https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/directdemocracy/online-democracy_swiss-post-s-e-voting-system-pulled-for-may-votes/44859864 |accessdate=5 April 2019 |work=[[Swissinfo]] |date=29 March 2019 |language=en |archive-date=30 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190330194404/https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/directdemocracy/online-democracy_swiss-post-s-e-voting-system-pulled-for-may-votes/44859864 |url-status=live }}</ref> and it has not been used since. Swiss Post purchased the rights to the software from Scytl in 2020 as the company faced bankruptcy.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Post kauft E-Voting-System und erntet dafür Kritik|url=https://www.netzwoche.ch/news/2020-05-20/post-kauft-e-voting-system-und-erntet-dafuer-kritik|website=www.netzwoche.ch|date=20 May 2020 |language=de|access-date=2020-05-20|archive-date=2020-05-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200528020004/https://www.netzwoche.ch/news/2020-05-20/post-kauft-e-voting-system-und-erntet-dafuer-kritik|url-status=live}}</ref>
 
===United States===
In the [[2016 United States elections]], Scytl's technologies were used statewidestate-wide in 12&nbsp; U.S. states, and in another 980&nbsp; local jurisdictions in 28&nbsp; states.<ref name="Forbes 2 December 2017" />
 
==== 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 &#124; Here’sHere's how seriously you should take the Trump legal team’steam'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 webnews|last=Roose|first=Kevin|date=November 18, 2020|title=No, the Army didn’tdidn't seize a German server showing a Trump landslide.|newspaper=The New York Times|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 &#124; 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>
 
=== 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>
 
===Russia Canada ===
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 &#124; 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 &#124; 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>
 
==Recognition See also ==
* [[Dominion Voting Systems]]
The company received positive reviews from [[Ovum Ltd.]] in 2013.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.scytl.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Ovum_On-the-Radar_Scytl_April-20131.pdf |title=On the Radar: Scytl |date=4 April 2013 |first=Nishant |last=Shah |access-date=14 November 2020 |archive-date=14 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201114162758/http://www.scytl.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Ovum_On-the-Radar_Scytl_April-20131.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>
 
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