I didn't read this thoroughly enough for much comment, but this jumps out: > But voting also requires some crucial properties that blockchains do not provide:

I didn't read this thoroughly enough for much comment, but this jumps out: > But voting also requires some crucial properties that blockchains do not provide: > Privacy: you should not be able to tell which candidate some specific voted for, or even if they voted at all While the content of the ballot is sacred, the act of participating in the election cannot be. The pollbook is a database, with all of the security and maintenance hassle a database implies. As an election officer and ballot Luddite, I also think that elections argue for lower tech in the case of the ballots. Tech is swell (reponding on a a Galaxy Note 10+ here) but tangible ballots seem a hedge against shenanigans that no multi-page mathematical proof of block-chainy grooviness can penetrate.