Blockchain company Voatz designs blockchain APP voting platform to achieve large-scale secure remote voting

According to the Huobi Blockchain Research Center, two Boston-based companies have teamed up to promote the introduction of security measures to address the issue of remote voting in elections based on blockchain technology.

After more than a year of exploring the potential of protected voting, Voatz and Clear Ballot Group have decided to join forces to jointly address the problems in remote voting.

Voatz has designed a secure voting platform for mobile phones and laptops for high-volume remote voting through an open-source blockchain platform. Voting systems company Clearball has provided Voatz with knowledge of the election industry, market demand, and a rich dataset of election samples. This will help Voatz understand and overcome the challenges of setting up and running a large-scale election in reality.

Nimit Sawheny, co-founder and CEO of Voatz, said these companies should realize that large-scale remote voting will only be a realistic possibility if several issues are resolved.

“These issues include end-to-end authentication, voter anonymity, identity verification, security, cost, ease of deployment, scalability, user experience and most importantly – public trust.”

The two companies hope that the progress of remote voting through blockchain will bring convenience. When voters can vote for some important elections only on their mobile phone apps, it will increase their trust. Through the case, we can see that when an actual election is in progress, voters only need to bring their mobile phones to complete the vote. It can be estimated that in the near future, voters will not need to go to the real site to vote, but only need a blockchain-based app to complete it.

Voting on the blockchain

Using blockchain for secure voting is nothing new.

In the past, many organizations have launched blockchain voting services, and they are committed to solving the problem of voters' lack of confidence in elections.

In October last year, the Saudi Arabian Stock Exchange (ADX) set up a remote voting system based on blockchain technology, giving shareholders of listed companies an opportunity to exchange votes at their annual general meetings.

In the 2016 election, public concerns about the election continued to rise. New York University's Tandon School of Engineering Department also announced a blockchain ticket system to the public. This technology was also recognized and loved by President Trump.

At the beginning of 2017, Nasdaq also began to build its own remote voting platform based on the blockchain.

This time, tens of millions of voters around the world can democratically vote for the candidate they think is the most suitable to become the leader of their country. However, if they have less confidence in the voting system, what can stop them from not voting because they feel they have been deceived by the voting system?

Indeed, through blockchain technology, it gives us the answer to the confidence that fairness can be maintained in voting, which is what we need most.