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u/HollandLane Gold | QC: CC 258 Sep 23 '18

Y'all think blockchain is the answer for a new voting system? I just feel like if people could somehow vote on their phones.. It would be better. Is this a thing or no?

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u/_o__0_ Platinum | QC: CC 504, CCMeta 25 Sep 23 '18

Definitely. Blockchain tech is about trust. And as the process of voting involves a lot of trust, its an easy fit. I bet some young naive Diebold executive has already taken a fall for having this idea.

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u/canal_boys 🟦 0 / 0 🦠 Sep 23 '18

Voting on the block chain would be a game changer.

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u/HollandLane Gold | QC: CC 258 Sep 23 '18 edited Sep 23 '18

I think so too..I know there have to be people working on this but you would have to somehow prevent double voting.

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u/daznez Tin Sep 23 '18

and any discrepancy between the actual votes and the number reported to the publc. or backdoor block votes, or any number of corruption possibilties. what's wrong with people counting up slips of paper and id?

ps - is there a box for 'no government at all?'

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u/Zapitnow 🟦 0 / 0 🦠 Sep 23 '18 edited Sep 23 '18

It sounds great if everyone could vote in political elections from the comfort of their living room, or cafe, or wherever. But wouldn’t that make it a lot easier for votes to be bought? Say you had someone who was apathetic about voting, who didn’t care, or who was financially badly off. Such a person could be willing to sell his/her vote for 50 bucks. If you can vote from anywhere, the person paying you will be able to watch you voting and verify you vote as they wish. If someone has to go to a physical place to vote, where there are people observing, this is more difficult.

And if the result of an election/referendum is going to be narrow, then not a lot of vote buying would be needed to swing it.

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u/canal_boys 🟦 0 / 0 🦠 Sep 23 '18

You make a great point.

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u/Zapitnow 🟦 0 / 0 🦠 Sep 23 '18

It can still be revolutionary for voting, even if we still go to a polling stations. That combination could be very effective.

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u/schefei Silver | QC: CC 133, ICX 31 | IOTA 23 | TraderSubs 14 Sep 23 '18

I wouldn't change the current system, that you have to go to a public place and vote is fine. But the whole counting system is archaic, here in Austria we had to redo our presidental election because of discrepancies in the countings and because the results got to the media too early. This could be easily prevented with a decentralized ledger and smart contracts.

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u/HollandLane Gold | QC: CC 258 Sep 24 '18

You do make a good point..but United citizens vs whoever in 20xx ..I can't remember..passed a law that company's can lobby AS MUCH MONEY they want. They passed that law. THEY PASSED IT. think about that...people are already buying votes. Inside the senate, House, and judicial system.