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There are many concerns that you'll need to address for this to really make sense in a democracy. The privacy issues are paramount - you need to be able to veri
by tinkerrr 12y ago
There are many concerns that you'll need to address for this to really make sense in a democracy. The privacy issues are paramount - you need to be able to verify the validity of each vote while making it impossible for anyone to know who voted which way.
In addition, the results might skew based on inadequate participation. If the only people who are active with voting are tech-savvy 20-somethings or 65+ year old retirees, then such a system might not be in the best interest of everyone.
It is, nonetheless, a very interesting system and will keep an eye out. Good luck!
- ljd 12y agoI completely agree with you! We are counting and storing votes using public/private key encryption[0]. Where each vote for each voter will have it's own private key and we'll publish audit files with public keys + signatures at the end of every vote. This way people can choose to participate in an audit by publishing their private key on that vote without compromising any other vote they may have placed. That way people can remain anonymous but still have their votes counted. [0]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public-key_cryptography http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public-key_cryptography