The Central Election Commission (CEC) of Georgia has signed a $2.3 million contract with the international company ‘Smartmatic’ to provide software and voter list loading services for the October 4, 2025, local self-government elections. The same company supplied equipment for the 2024 parliamentary elections.
As the agreement dictates, the CEC will pay Smartmatic for several important services: loading voter lists ($295,348), preparation of ballots ($369,110), transmission of results ($327,845), and project management services, expert support, reporting and warehouse operation support ($1,269,806).
In addition, the CEC had earlier purchased equipment from Smartmatic under a $2.9 million contract signed in April 2025 which included 450 new vote-counting devices, 450 ballot boxes and consumable materials.
For comparison, during the 2024 parliamentary elections, the CEC paid Smartmatic 54.2 million GEL for equipment and software.
