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After the success of the blockchain-based electronic vote last summer, the residents of Zug, in Switzerland, are keen to adopt the new voting method more widely, citing a quicker and simpler process than traditional votes, according to a new study that examined those who participated in the electronic vote.
The city of Zug, the Blockchain Lab of the Hochschule Luzern and Luxoft jointly released a report last week on the results of the electronic vote in Zug. The report highlights the benefits of decentralized voting, outlines the basic architecture of the blockchain-based system and analyzes the experience of residents who participated in the vote.
The results reveal that most residents welcome the prospect of more blockchain-based electronic votes with nearly eight in ten of Zug's respondents welcoming the voting method in the city, and only 2% oppose this. 52% agree that electronic voting should be introduced to make voting easier and faster than completing a ballot. Ecological and economic topics have also been mentioned.
However, some residents remain skeptical, with 16% citing security concerns. Many survey participants believe that the population of Zug should still have the opportunity to vote by mail in addition to electronic voting.
"It's nice to see that, despite some minor difficulties, many people in Zug are happy to live in such an innovative community and look forward to further research and development in the field of digital ID and blockchain technology," said Dolfi Müller , Zug's president of the city.
Vasily Suvorov, CTO of Luxoft, the company that built the blockchain-based voting solution, said in a statement that the results show that voters in Switzerland are quickly recognizing the value of the blockchain in the vote.
"While the technology behind this system is extremely complex, residents agreed that the platform was simple and practical to use," Suvorov noted. "This is a platform that makes it easy for people to interact with blockchain on a daily basis."
The blockchain municipal vote took place on June 25 and July 1, 2018. Among the 220 residents in Zug with digital identities, 72 took part in the electronic vote and 95 responded to the online survey that tried to get feedback on the vote electronic. with blockchain technology and the voting process.
The city of Zug has introduced the possibility of using digital IDs on November 15, 2017. The system is still in the pilot phase. In addition to electronic voting, various other applications are being evaluated or already operational as pilot projects, including sharing of city bicycles via an app. The books on loan from the library will follow.
Zug is also known as Crypto Valley, a nickname that earned itself for the high concentration of cryptocurrencies and blockchains startups located in the city. It joins the many governments around the world who look to the blockchain to increase transparency and efficiency in the voting process.
Last week, the South Korean Ministry of Science and ICT unveiled plans to develop a blockchain voting system with evidence starting next month in the private sector. The system will apply blockchain to voter authentication and result savings.
