Who we are
It is not always easy to maintain an overview when it comes to the political positions of parties and candidates. smartvote starts exactly at this point and would like to support the voters in making an informed voting decision. A transparent information base is created for this purpose. Using an election-specific questionnaire on a wide variety of political issues, voters can compare their positions with those of the candidates or parties and have an election recommendation drawn up.
The online voting aid smartvote has existed since 2003 and is developed and operated by the politically neutral, not-for-profit association Politools. smartvote has already supported over 200 elections at local, cantonal and national level. smartvote International was also used in elections abroad (e.g. in Luxembourg in 2009, 2013 and 2018 or in Australia in 2019 and 2020).
smartvote / Politools
- Robin Bartlett Rissi - Project Manager smartvote International
- Carine Hunziker - Project Manager
- Jan Fivaz - Founder of Politools
- Daniel Schwarz - Founder of Politools
- Albert Waaijenberg - Web Design
smartvote is a Swiss Voting Advice Application (VAA) developed and run by the politically neutral, non-profit organization Politools. Politools is an interdisciplinary scientific network located in Bern, Switzerland, which operates internet-based projects to promote civic education and political transparency, and to provide political analysis. Since 2003, smartvote has informed voters in over 300 elections throughout Switzerland, Europe and Australia.
> Politools
> smartvote International
> smartvote Switzerland
Zeilenwerk is an information technology company based in Bern, Switzerland, which focuses on the conception, architecture and development of sophisticated custom-made software and web applications. As the main IT partner of Politools, Zeilenwerk (formerly known as soom-it) has supported the development of the smartvote web platform since 2014.
