[Vermont Lt]

Blockchain for voting would actually be fine. People need to be careful about not confusing “blockchain” with “crypto.” They are related, but not the same thing.

Blockchain voting would be publicly available, perfectly auditable, and immutable—meaning no one would be able to “hack” the results.

The problem would be issuing individuals their “key.” If you cannot expect people to have IDs when they vote, you really cannot expect them to keep a QR code or 24 word seed phrase.

Its a fine idea. Not sure if it would be easy to implement.

[Red Badger]

Plus, many Obama phones are out there, some people have six or more!.......... 😏

[z3n]

” If you cannot expect people to have IDs when they vote, you really cannot expect them to keep a QR code or 24 word seed phrase.

Its a fine idea. Not sure if it would be easy to implement.”

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The difference is that democrats actually don’t have the expectation that everyone needs an ID because having an ID is difficult. Democrats object to the idea of having an ID to vote because it makes fraud more difficult.

Having a QR code or a code number is exploitable just like mailed out ballots are exploitable. If democrats/frauster operatives use the QR code or seed first, then the voter is stuck submitting a provisional ballot, at best

[pepsi_junkie]

I once saw a test they gave to people applying to work in the USPS. They had to read a clock (digital AND analog), say which addresses matched when one was written with abbreviations (Rd. St. etc) and the other was not or one was in print and the other cursive.

Not sure they are the best organization to do the R&D for a cutting edge trusted e-voting system.

[billakay]

Another problem is that most approaches tend to break secret ballot. For example, if every ballot is auditable and able to be securely traced back to the key (voter) that signed it, then you can see how any individual person voted.

I work in blockchain (non-cryptocurrency applications) and I've been thinking about this problem on the side for a while now. I have some ideas that use exotic mathematics, but they need to be fleshed out.

[IllumiNaughtyByNature]

Excellent post. Blockchain will be a part of the future in many industries and services. I have high hopes that it will be used for voting.