Australia Post Plan for Blockchain Voting by 2017
The Australian government-owned Australia Post has unveiled plans that it will conduct tests through digital voting via the blockchain technology in a bid to reduce costs and improve efficiency. The plans have been met with criticism from a prominent privacy consultant. Recently a submission was presented to the Victorian Electoral Matters Committee by the Australia Post who intend to operate electronic elections utilizing the blockchain technology. According to ZDNet, the postal service thinks that with the use of digital voting it will improve on convenience, better counting, reduced....
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