Tampa election software firm acquired

Tampa's SOE Software, a private firm founded in 2003 and a large provider of election management solutions in the United States, was acquired by the Spanish company Scytl, a provider of voting solutions in more than 20 countries. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. SOE provides election software to more than 900 jurisdictions in 26 states and 14 state-wide customers. SOE is lead by entrepreneur Marc Fratello, the former CEO of the Tampa software firm Powercerv.