The Central Election Commission (CEC) issued a statement indicating that the President of Georgia undermines electronic election technologies.

The CEC states that the attempt to discredit electronic technologies is nothing other than a denial of reality and an attempt to mislead the public based on political interests.

“The President of Georgia has discredited electronic voting technologies. For several days, the President has been fostering mistrust in election technology through public speeches and interviews with various local and international media, making baseless, unfounded, and false accusations.

On the international stage, the President is attempting to discredit the election administration that successfully organized these crucial elections to the highest standards. Observation missions from the OSCE/ODIHR and other international organizations affirmed in their reports that the elections were conducted professionally and competently. Nonetheless, the President seeks to cast the situation in a different light.

Salome Zourabichvili has assured the public that the elections were “completely falsified,” making unfounded claims, including the improbable accusation that multiple votes were cast using a single identity.

In an interview with the Associated Press and CNN, the President claimed that an “Armenian carousel” method was used to rig the elections, alleging that it was possible to vote around 17 times with a single ID card.

In reality, the American company PRO V&V has confirmed that with the electronic technologies used in the October 26 elections, duplicating a voter on the voter list is impossible, as each voter is registered only once. Thus, it is impossible to vote multiple times with a single ID, undergo double verification, or have a single voter registered across multiple precincts.

Despite the lack of any evidence, the President claims that “Technology was used to cover up the fraud” and, discusses this extensively with international media and leaders of various countries.

We would like to remind the public that the integration of technology into the election process was conducted in partnership with Smartmatic, a company with experience in modernizing elections in over 30 countries.

Currently, this company provides technological support to one of the major electoral districts in the United States, in provinces of Canada, Belgium, Estonia, Argentina, Australia, Albania, Bulgaria, Armenia, and others.

The election administration firmly asserts that the election technologies functioned effectively on October 26, a fact confirmed by all international and local observation organizations, election subjects, and media representatives who monitored the process.

In light of all this, the attempt to discredit electronic technologies amounts to nothing more than a denial of reality and an effort to mislead the public for political gain,” the CEC states.