The party Gakharia - For Georgia is demanding that the Central Election Commission transfer the contract signed with the electronic vote counting system company Smartmatic. Additionally, the opposition party is urging the CEC to provide voters with the opportunity to individually verify their presence on the list of those who participated in the elections.
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"The CEC, instead of assisting the citizens of Georgia and helping the country emerge from the crisis, has once again organized a provocation, issuing a statement as a precaution that is entirely untrue." Today, we requested the CEC to hand over the contract signed with Smartmatic, along with all amendments made to this contract, so that it can become public. This is very important. In addition,
Today we demanded that the entire database of 2 076 791 voters who participated in the elections on October 26, 2024, be transferred to a neutral, objective platform, where each voter can individually verify the following data: whether they participated in the elections, at which precinct, and at what time they voted.
Today, the CEC stated that this somehow violates personal data protection laws. I would like to remind the CEC once again that no one is asking for the databases to be made public. It is about the voter's confirmation and the protection of the fact of voting," said Gakharia.
According to him, there is already an information base on the CEC's website where voters can check their registration precinct. "We request that this information be expanded to include the details I have listed - whether they participated in the elections, in which precinct they participated, and at what time they voted. All this information is available to the CEC," Gakharia noted, explaining why they are asking for the signed contract with Smartmatic: "This information exists today. We do not know how the contract with Smartmatic was concluded or how long this information will be stored, as it may become unavailable to us in a week, 10 days, or a month. […] Let them make the contract, along with all amendments, public as quickly as possible."
Unity - National Movement has also appealed to the Central Election Commission to immediately modernize its website and create a database of voters participating in the elections so that citizens can verify their presence on the list of voters who came to the elections.
The CEC has refused this request from the opposition parties. The agency's spokesperson, Natia Ioseliani, stated at today's briefing, "Creating such a database carries risks of personal data disclosure, which contradicts one of the recognized fundamental principles of elections and good international practice."
