Voting System Using Blockchain Project

[Eboni Kleifgen]

FollowMy Vote has created end-to-end verifiable online voting software that is open-source and truly revolutionary. The infographic below describes the end to end process of using our blockchain voting system to vote in an election.

To summarize the above infographic, Follow My Vote is simply taking the current process of voting in an election on Election Day (in a state with Voter ID laws) and bringing that process entirely online, in an attempt to make it easier, more secure, and even more cost effective for everyone involved.

When using our blockchain voting system, the voter would download and install the Follow My Vote voting booth on the personal device of their choice (i.e. desktop computer, laptop computer, smartphone, or tablet). From there, the voter would submit the appropriate identity information in order to have their identity verified by an Identity Verifier, which would be approved by the organization hosting the election ahead of time. Once their identity is verified, the voter would be able to request their ballot, at which point they are issued their correct ballot type by the Registrar. The voter would then complete their ballot and securely submit their vote(s) to the blockchain-based ballot box. To obtain proof of casting their ballot, the voter would have the option to print out a receipt. If allowed by the organization hosting the election, the voter may vote early and could even re-enter the Follow My Vote voting booth to change their vote if they change their mind in the days leading up to the election. When the polls close on Election Day, the most current votes submitted by each voter would be considered the official votes; and, voters would be allowed to follow their vote into the ballot box to ensure that their vote was cast as intended and counted as cast. If they choose to do so, each voter would also be allowed to audit each ballot in the ballot box to confirm the vote totals being reported by our blockchain voting system are accurate, without revealing the identity of each voter.

At Follow My Vote, we want every voter to have faith in the democratic process, trust in their government, and feel like their voice matters. To this end, our blockchain voting solution provides voters with a way to confirm that their voice has been heard and that election results, as a whole, are truly accurate.

Will this allow preferential voting? I will not support a voting system unless it uses preferential voting. I am sure a way to allow it could easily be worked out. There is no point in having verifiable voting if much bigger problems with voting are not also addressed.

Under this system, if I can fill in and send the vote from my computer, from my own living room, someone could be there with me, to monitor how I vote. Alternatively, I could simply sell my vote to someone, then email them the key to my vote. How does FollowMyVote stop a) the wrong person using a key, or b) someone being able to monitor in which way a vote was cast?

As a side note, I know this is also a problem with postal ballots, but the ease and simplicity of online voting, by comparison, magnifies the problem, and in any case, most voting is currently via the ballot booth and not the postal ballot anyway.

Followmyvote could be implemented for casting ballots in lieu of Federal form 186 Federal Absentee Write-in Ballot (FAWB) for US citizens voting from overseas. Presumably there is no systemic problem with any number of write-in candidates for such balloting.

Building trust for the system will require side by side testing with traditional balloting even if done on county level elections before used for state-wide voting. U S elections are conducted at the state level except that Congress has authority to mandate a uniform manner for conducting such elections for federal candidates in all states.

In my view blockchain voting can remove all excuses for the ballot censorship (ballot access for candidates and parties) which currently exists. If that is not done, blockchain voting does nothing but secure a regime of voter censorship.

Dear, Sirs, Mme, Professor could it be possible to focus some application of your research in improving safe and fraud free voting process for Democratic and transparent free and fair election process in third world countries, so as to get ride of the highest cause of dictatorship Bad governance,election rigging , corrupt governance,civil war and social crises in third world countries. Helping transparency in election and good governance shall helps builds a better and peaceful world.

I think such a system has to have a reverse verification from vote to voter on the public ledger. So the registrations themselves would have some artifacts stored on a public registration ledger. Nothing PII. But maybe date registered and jurisdiction/district. That way, every vote ties back to a registration and anyone could verify. And if the number of registrations in a jurisdiction seems abnormal, it can be addressed appropriately.

IN INDIA DEMOCRACY IS IN DANGEROUS CONDITION BECAUSE OF EVM. WE ARE AWARE OF MANIPULATIONS BUT WE ARE HELPLESS BECAUSE OF SHREWED PERSONALITIES. TO HAVE TRANSFERENCY IN VOTING WE REQUIRE BLOCK CHAIN SYSTEM OF VOTING

Thammasat University by the Center of Intellectual Property and Business Incubation developed an online election system using blockchain technology which is piloted until it becomes a social innovation.

'Blockchain', an advanced data storage technology that has been reconditioned as a tool to support direct democracy. The use of 'blockchain' in supporting elections is considered a tendency or trend of the era. Currently, there are many countries that use it.

Thammasat has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Surat Thani Public Health Saving and Credit Cooperative Limited to organize elections of the chairperson of the committee, committee, and auditors through the first blockchain-based online election system which is continuously adopted every year.

Prof. Dr. Anant went on to say that the THAIVOTE.io election system is an innovation that is distinctive to conventional electronic election systems, which is mostly centralized. This may lead to doubts on safety and transparency. The system may be hacked and targeted by outside parties, and system administrator or central administration may access the voting database which can cause distortion in the election results.

However, the election system is blockchain-based. The data is therefore encrypted and stored in a distributed database on a public blockchain. Data stored in each node once accepted by the network cannot be altered which makes the data to be highly secured and reliable. The distributed data storage on blockchain does not require a middleman.

The success leads to the expansion of application to other elections. In the past, Thammasat has organized online elections through THAIVOTE.io for various savings cooperative groups such as Surat Thani Public Health Saving and Credit Cooperatives Limited, Ministry of Justice Saving and Credit Cooperative Limited, the Communications Authority of Thailand Saving and Credit Cooperative and The Saving co-operatives limited of the Bank for Agriculture and Agricultural Co-operatives.

To the extent of the election process, it is all controlled through a program on the blockchain which has predetermined information on voters, candidates, start and end times of the election. When voting day arrives, the system will function automatically and eligible people can use their smartphones or notebooks to vote through the website. Each individual can verify their identities prior to voting in various ways, such as using a pre-set-up password or confirming with an OTP from your registered phone number, including identity verification with ID card and facial recognition. When election time ends, the system automatically shuts down. Once the information stored on the blockchain is complete, results can be announced in less than 15 minutes.

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Chandler residents 13 years and older were invited to participate in a mock special bond election to experience how mobile voting using blockchain technology could be done in the future. The content that follows outlines the voting process that was used.

Please note: if you have an Android phone running an OS version older than 8, an iPhone running an OS version older than 12.4, or do not have an Android or IOS smartphone, we recommend voting in-person.

Interested Chandler participants ages 13-17 will need to complete an online registration with their name, address and birth year. This is required as they are not registered to vote in the State of Arizona. By completing the registration they will be given access to the Chandler ballot on the Voatz app (photo ID is required).

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The U.S. election system is part of the critical infrastructure upholding democracy. Election officials are responsible for ensuring fair elections in which vote casting is secure and accessible to the 200 million registered voters [1], including an estimated 3 million eligible voters overseas [2]. U.S. election officials must be able to address election security concerns while encouraging voter registration and turnout and being conscious of voter needs. Election security in the U.S. has been challenged in every vote casting method used, from filling out paper ballots to tapping touchscreens. To combat threats to elections, different methods to cast ballots have been developed.

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