Digital Voting Is Coming. Let’s Do It Right.

The Expanse Project has announced the development of a blockchain-based voting platform, which, according to developers, has “the potential to change the dynamics of future elections.” Expanse Wants to Take Voting to the Blockchain. According to a press release, this new project will provide voting services secured by an immutable blockchain. By virtue of the blockchain technology, said the Expanse team, their voting protocol will store voting data forever in a tamper-proof manner that is accessible across the globe. This platform reportedly makes voting easier, while making it harder to....

Following up on their statement to Cointelegraph about developing a voting module that could use the Blockchain to prevent electoral inconsistencies and irregularities, Expanse Borderless technology has launched a mock US election on the Blockchain. Coming just a few days before the US general elections, this replica is aimed at demonstrating the viability of the Blockchain in disrupting the traditional systems which have been plagued with several irregularities. The disruptive technology. Like in every other industry, the Blockchain continues to reveal new and more reliable ways of....

When it comes to the voting process, there is always an aura of not knowing what is going on exactly, and whether or not results should be trusted. One of the possible use cases for blockchain technology is decentralized voting. If it is up to Australian startup Veri.vote, that concept will soon become a reality. The company is currently developing the world’s first anonymous and transparent electronic voting system. Using the blockchain for something as colluded as voting sounds like an interesting social experiment. Various startups are exploring this opportunity, and it appears as if a....

The initial voting session for two vacant industry seats on the Bitcoin Foundation board expired Wednesday at 11:59 PM, and the initial session of voting yielded no new board members. Announced this evening by Brian Goss of the Bitcoin Foundation, there's "no outright winner", which means another road of voting will be required. The first round of voting saw participation from nearly 75 percent of the Foundation's industry members, with 102 out of 137 ballots submitted. For the seats, a candidate will require at minimum 52 votes. According to Goss, "If no candidate receives 52 votes or....

The Maker DAO community is voting on a proposal to harden the protocol's governance structure against flash loan voting.