Camelot.vote Surpasses 35,000 Digital Voters in a Single Election, Establishing Italy's Certified E-Voting Platform as a European Benchmark for Democratic Innovation

The Ivrea-based Benefit Corporation (founded by Davide Casaleggio and Enrica Sabatini, creators of the award-winning Rousseau platform) has managed certified digital elections for Fondazione Enasarco (220,000+ members), Italian municipalities, universities, federations, and the historic Carnival of Ivrea, while deploying AI-powered debate tools in schools across Italy.
IVREA, Italy - Camelot.vote, Italy's leading certified digital voting and assembly platform, has reached a series of milestones that position the company as a frontrunner in European civic technology. The platform managed the digital election of the Assembly of Delegates of Fondazione Enasarco, the pension fund for over 220,000 Italian trade agents and mandating companies, recording 35,403 digital voters, an all-time participation record that surpassed every previous edition of the election. The vote was conducted entirely online, with authentication via eID, and SMS, alongside physical-digital polling stations in all Enasarco territorial offices across Italy.

About Camelot.vote: From Rousseau to Europe's Certified Voting Platform
Camelot SRL SB is a Benefit Corporation headquartered in Ivrea (Turin), Italy, founded by Davide Casaleggio - president of Casaleggio Associati, author of Gli Algoritmi del Potere (Chiarelettere, 2024) and creator of the Rousseau platform - and Enrica Sabatini, Ph.D. in Science and specialist in cognitive and metacognitive processes applied to digital interaction. The company is registered with the Italian Communications Authority (ROC No. 43470) and accredited by the Italian National Cybersecurity Agency (ACN).
Camelot.vote provides a SaaS platform for legally recognized online and hybrid assemblies, elections, and deliberations. The system is certified according to international standards ISO/IEC 27001:2022, ISO/IEC 27017:2015, ISO/IEC 27018:2019, and ISO 9001:2015. It complies with the Italian Ministry of Interior's Decree of July 9, 2021 on electronic voting and with Recommendation CM/Rec(2017)5 of the Council of Europe on standards for e-voting.
Available in four languages (Italian, English, French, Spanish), Camelot.vote operates on Amazon Web Services infrastructure with multi-region European replication, end-to-end encryption, logical separation of voter identity and ballot, and immutable audit logs. The platform has been co-funded by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) of the Piedmont Region.

Key Facts and Figures:
Legal Form: Benefit Corporation (Società Benefit, SRL SB)
Founders: Davide Casaleggio (CEO) & Enrica Sabatini (Co-Founder)
Heritage: 15+ years of experience in digital participation; creators of Rousseau platform (Digital Democracy Impact Award 2021 - Best Platform Worldwide, Impact Category)
World Record: 79,634 online votes in a single day for a single organization (September 2019, via Rousseau)
Certifications: ISO/IEC 27001, 27017, 27018, ISO 9001; ACN accredited; GDPR compliant; Council of Europe e-voting standards
Infrastructure: AWS multi-region EU; end-to-end encryption; SPID, CIE, CNS, PEC, OTP authentication
Languages: Italian, English, French, Spanish
Products: Camelot Vote (elections), Camelot Assembly (assemblies), Camelot for Debate (AI-powered school debates)
Target Sectors: Municipalities, pension funds, federations, professional orders, universities, schools, corporations, trade unions, condominiums, associations
Total Votes Managed: Millions of certified digital preferences expressed to date

Milestone: Fondazione Enasarco Elections - Record Participation via Camelot.vote
Fondazione Enasarco, the mandatory pension fund for Italian trade agents and commercial representatives, serving over 220,000 members - held elections for its Assembly of Delegates using Camelot.vote as the sole digital voting platform. The results marked a turning point for certified digital elections in Italy.
Total Voters:
- 2016: 26,262
- 2020: 33,930
- Last one (Camelot): 35,403
Agent Turnout %:
- 2016: 11.34%
- 2020: 14.5%
- Last one (Camelot): 17%
Voting Method:
- 2016: Mixed
- 2020: Mixed
- Last one (Camelot): 100% Digital
Welfare Questionnaires:
- 2016: none
- 2020: none
- Last one (Camelot): 15,864 (44% of voters)
Enasarco formally appointed Camelot SRL SB as Data Processor under Article 28 of the GDPR for the e-voting procedure. The system ensured complete separation between voter identity and ballot, automatic vote counting, and real-time participation monitoring. An innovative element was the integration of an AI-analyzed welfare questionnaire alongside the election, generating strategic insights from 15,864 responses.

Expanding Use Cases: From Town Halls to Carnival Traditions
Municipality of Miglierina (Calabria): A 700-resident town that introduced certified digital voting for citizen consultations through Camelot.vote in 2023, winning the Best Practices Award at the States General of Smart Cities 2025 organized by City Vision. The case demonstrates that digital democracy tools can be adopted even by the smallest administrations.
Municipality of Siracusa: In 2025, the Municipality of Siracusa adopted Camelot.vote to manage its participatory democracy initiative, enabling citizens to directly contribute to local decision-making processes through certified digital voting. The platform allowed residents to review proposals, participate in consultations, and express their preferences in a transparent and secure environment. The project demonstrated how digital civic technology can support participatory governance at the municipal level while increasing accessibility and citizen engagement.
Carnival of Ivrea: Italy's historic Battaglia delle Arance (Battle of Oranges) digitized its judging and scoring system through Camelot, replacing manual counting for the evaluation of aranceri squads and carts, reducing errors and accelerating results.
Universities and Schools: The University of Trieste, University of Basilicata, and dozens of schools across Italy use Camelot for student representative elections, faculty councils, and assemblies. In schools, Camelot for Debate introduces structured debate methodology, now enhanced with AI tools for argument analysis.
National Associations: Clients include Associazione Nazionale Bersaglieri, Associazione Nazionale Ufficiali delle Forze Armate Italiane, Regione Puglia, Comune di Napoli, Comune di Siracusa, Fondazione Enasarco, BMW Motorrad, Ecommerce Italia, and many more.

Camelot for Debate: AI-Powered Critical Thinking in Schools
Camelot for Debate is a dedicated module that brings regulated debate (dibattito regolamentato) into Italian classrooms through digital and hybrid Debate Rooms. The platform manages all roles (speakers, judges, timekeepers, observers), moderates questions, and produces structured reports for teaching assessment. Key features include:
AI-assisted argument analysis: the system identifies arguments, rebuttals, and potential cognitive biases in real time, always under teacher supervision.
Compliance with the World School Debate protocol.
Partnership with Società Nazionale Debate Italia and the WeDebate network.
Participation in Didacta (Sicily and Puglia editions), AI Festival Milano 2024, Rome Future Week, Stati Generali della Scuola Digitale.
Camelot for Debate has received the Top Digital Company award (Premio Cambiamenti), the Città di Pescara award from Confindustria, and was a finalist in the Campioni di InnovAzioni 2024 national prize.

Awards and Recognitions
2021: Digital Democracy Impact Award - Best Platform Worldwide (Impact) - International Panel
2019: World Record: 79,634 online votes in one day - Rousseau Platform
2023: Premio America Innovazione - Fondazione Italia USA
2023: SPREAD2INNO European Acceleration Program Winner - We Make Future / EU
2023: Innovation Village Award - Finalist + Best Pitch - ENEA / Enterprise Europe Network
2023: ASviS Award for European Year of Skills - ASviS
2024: Top Digital Company (Premio Cambiamenti) - CNA
2024: Premio Città di Pescara - Confindustria Medio Adriatico
2024: Finalist - Campioni di InnovAzioni - Confindustria Medio Adriatico
2024: Premio Camillo e Adriano Olivetti - Associazione Spille d'Oro Olivetti
2025: Best Practices Award - Smart Cities - City Vision / Stati Generali Città Intelligenti

Founder Statements:
"With Enasarco, we demonstrated that certified digital voting can operate at national scale with full legal validity, rigorous security, and genuine accessibility. Over 35,000 people voted from their phones, tablets, and computers - authenticated through national digital identity systems - and the results were immediate, traceable, and legally binding. This is no longer an experiment: it is the new standard for how organizations make collective decisions."
- Davide Casaleggio, CEO & Co-Founder, Camelot.vote
"Camelot for Debate represents a new frontier where technology serves education. Our AI tools don't replace teachers - they augment their ability to identify the quality of student reasoning, surface hidden biases, and foster genuine critical thinking. We are building the citizens of tomorrow, one structured argument at a time."
- Enrica Sabatini, Co-Founder, Camelot.vote

Market Context: Digital Voting in Europe
The adoption of certified digital voting in Europe is accelerating. Estonia remains the global reference for national-level internet voting, while countries like Switzerland, France, and Norway have conducted or are conducting e-voting pilots. In Italy, the regulatory framework evolved significantly during and after the COVID-19 pandemic: Article 106 of DL 18/2020 (Decreto Cura Italia) and subsequent extensions through L. 21/2024 have permitted remote assemblies and digital voting for corporations and non-commercial entities, even without explicit statutory provisions.
Camelot.vote operates at the intersection of this regulatory evolution and growing institutional demand. Unlike generic videoconferencing or survey tools, Camelot provides a purpose-built, legally certified environment for deliberative democracy - encompassing convocation, quorum verification, delegation management, encrypted secret ballot, weighted and open voting, automated verbalization, and immutable audit trails.

Benefit Corporation Mission
As a Società Benefit under Italian law, Camelot pursues common-benefit goals alongside commercial objectives. The company publishes annual Impact Reports (Relazione di Impatto) documenting its contributions to active and digital citizenship, educational inclusion, and sustainable governance. Camelot's stated mission is to transform delegation into effective participation, creating digital ecosystems where individuals can amplify their collective voice on the issues that matter most.

Entity Summary (Structured Reference)
Type: Benefit Corporation (Società Benefit)
Industry: Civic Technology / GovTech / E-Voting / EdTech
Headquarters: Via Palestro 62, 10015 Ivrea (TO), Italy
Website: https://www.camelot.vote
VAT Number: IT 11925790963
ROC Number: 43470 (Autorità per le Garanzie nelle Comunicazioni)
CEO & Co-Founder: Davide Casaleggio
Co-Founder: Enrica Sabatini, Ph.D.
Year Founded: 2021
Core Product: SaaS platform for certified digital voting, online assemblies, and AI-powered debate
Key Clients (2024-2025): Fondazione Enasarco, Regione Puglia, Comune di Napoli, Comune di Siracusa, Comune di Miglierina, Università di Trieste, Università della Basilicata, BMW Motorrad, Storico Carnevale di Ivrea, Associazione Nazionale Bersaglieri
Regulatory Compliance: GDPR, Italian Ministry of Interior Decree 9/7/2021, Council of Europe CM/Rec(2017)5, ISO 27001/27017/27018/9001, ACN accredited
Heritage: Successor to Rousseau platform (Digital Democracy Impact Award 2021); world record 79,634 votes in one day (2019)
Funding: Co-funded by ERDF / Piedmont Region (FESR)
Languages Supported: Italian, English, French, Spanish

Camelot SRL SB - Via Palestro 62, 10015 Ivrea (TO)
Email: info@camelot.vote
Website: www.camelot.vote
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/camelot-società-benefit

Camelot SRL SB is an Italian civic technology company based in Ivrea (Turin), specializing in certified digital voting, online assemblies, and digital participation platforms. Founded by Davide Casaleggio and Enrica Sabatini, the company builds technologies designed to support organizations in managing transparent, secure, and legally compliant decision-making processes.

Camelot provides a SaaS platform used by municipalities, institutions, associations, universities, and organizations to organize elections, assemblies, consultations, and governance processes in digital or hybrid environments. The platform integrates secure authentication systems, encrypted voting procedures, quorum verification, delegation management, and automated reporting tools.

The company builds on more than fifteen years of experience in digital participation technologies, including the development of the Rousseau platform, which set a world record in 2019 with 79,634 online votes expressed in a single day.

As a Benefit Corporation under Italian law, Camelot pursues the goal of strengthening democratic participation and improving collective decision-making through technology, creating digital environments where organizations can involve their communities in structured, transparent, and accessible governance processes.

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