Using the technology doesn’t tackle the problems concerning remote voter identification and management—and there is a risk that malware on computers or a hacked voting app could result in the wrong vote being recorded on a blockchain. There’s no way to audit results relative to voter intent either, and in any case, many blockchain protocols simply aren’t scalable enough to cope with a national election where millions of people vote in a single day.
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Polys voting machines bring immutability to polling stations
Cybersecurity firm Kaspersky’s new blockchain-based Polys voting machines marks a different direction in the growing field of blockchain-based voting—into the voting booth.
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Andrew Yang 'shocked the world' by claiming to have done well in Iowa with no results reported (Photo: C-Span).Iowa primary debacle could boost blockchain-based voting
The first Democratic presidential primary fell flat after reporting problems that might have been avoided with blockchain balloting
A disastrous switchover to an unready-for-primetime app for reporting vote tallies left Iowa's critical, first-in-the-nation caucus results completely unknown amid claims of unspecified “inconsistencies” and chaos.
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U.S. presidential candidate Andrew Yang backs blockchain voting
The Democratic contender made an official policy statement on August 22, calling the current system of standing in line ‘ridiculous’
Presidential Andrew Yang established himself as the blockchain Democrat back in April, when he added a call for clear regulation of cryptocurrencies to his policy proposals months before Facebook’s Libra stablecoin proposal made it a hot topic. Now he wants to bring voting onto the blockchain.
