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With mail-in voting, registered voters are mailed a ballot, it is filled out by the voter, and mailed back in. People are commenting that you can’t verify or a
by krupan 6y ago
With mail-in voting, registered voters are mailed a ballot, it is filled out by the voter, and mailed back in.
People are commenting that you can’t verify or anonymize digital voting, but with blockchain voting, you could mail each voter a “wallet” private key (probably a QR code). Each “wallet” contains one vote, and voters create a transaction that sends their vote to the “wallet” for the candidate they are voting for.
The private keys would be randomly generated and not recorded by anyone, so anonymity would be preserved. Normal blockchain double-spend protections would prevent double voting.
Am I missing anything?
- deleted 6y ago[deleted]
- krupan 6y agoI thought it would go without saying, but now I think I should say, with this system it’s transparent for everyone to see the transactions and where the votes went. Individuals could easily see that their vote was counted. The count would be instantaneous. I guess one downside would be that everyone could see a running tally of the votes as they happen. Is that really a big problem?
- raziel2701 6y agoSounds very difficult to explain and unnecessary. Paper voting is easy to understand and transparent. This is a solution looking for a problem, we're trading simple, easy to understand paper ballots for complicated blockchain solutions whose benefits are....what are the benefits again?
- holler 6y agoWhat happens if you somehow receive my qr code and vote for me?
- krupan 6y agoSame as if I receive your ballot and vote for you