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With the mid-term elections on us, the news is once again buzzing about tampering with elections.
There is a lot at stake since & nbsp;33 senators& nbsp; I'm waiting for re-election this fall. There are also 36 governors This year's elections The outcome of the elections is of vital importance not only to shape the future of the Trump administration, but to define the future of the American political landscape for many years to come.
However, there is much more at stake in the political control of the House and the Senate. The foundation of our democratic process is on show. Our ability to guarantee the integrity of the voting system is fundamental. The elections must be transparent and ensure that the process and technology used will provide deterministic results.
The allegations of fraud and external influence will continue to rise, even in advanced democracies, if we do not apply the technology to eliminate tampering. We need a platform that guarantees the correct registration of voters, identification and simplifies the process of counting votes, all guaranteeing transparency in the results.
It is not a technology problem
This has become more a political problem than a technological problem.
Today, most of our lives are conducted on the Internet. We conduct our banking operations through a mobile app, send money to people through Venmo, pay bills, register our vehicles online and interact with friends and family online.
But we can not vote online.
Is it possible that the answer lies in leveraging the blockchain and a mobile voting system to ensure the integrity of our future elections?
The current system is broken and unsafe
Electronic voting has become mainstream following the chaos that followed after the presidential elections in 2000. Many voters have been confused by the voting process on paper and "butterfly polls, "Resulting in the large number of votes that were presumably out of place legislation on electoral reform led to the launch of electronic voting machines.
According to Cheap timetablesOver 30 countries have used or studied electronic voting machines, and some are still driving the technology.
There are three companies that build voting machines: Sequoia, Election Systems and Software (ES & S) and Diebold, & nbsp; but much of this technology is old and no longer secure.
During the 2016 elections, the Department of National Security claimed that Russian hackers allegedly aimed at voting systems in 21 states. Illinois officials confirmed the databases of their state have been violated, with 500,000 compromised voting records. The investigation, led by special adviser Robert Mueller, resulted in the charge 26 Russian citizens.
Despite this, the threat has not diminished. Until July 2018, security experts have discovered Russian phishing campaigns that have targeted three candidates in the mid-term elections in 2018.
The confidence that the Americans have in the electoral system will continue to decline unless we find a solution that ensures that the votes of the elections are not tampered with. It is not unlikely to think that a lack of trust influences the turnout. & nbsp; People can stay at home rather than vote in what they perceive to be a rigged election.
Blockchain is the answer?
Kaspersky Lab Business Incubator was one of the first to develop a block-based voting platform for Ethereum polys. Polys makes use of smart contracts, which allow the verification of ballot papers and assessments of votes to be carried out in a decentralized manner and verified by the participants in the network. Hackers should enter an entire computer network and access data, which is highly unlikely.
In the mid-term elections of this year, Virginia of the West it will become the first state to pilot online voting through a mobile app using blockchain technology to get votes. The system, created by a startup called Voatz, "Uses biometric authentication to identify individual users before allowing them to mark an electronic card, and the votes are then recorded in a private blockchain."
It started as a trial in May 2018 during the primary elections, targeting foreign voters in two countries. Although the trials were successful, they also raised a lot of controversy.
Ensure transparency with open source
There are several emerging open source blockchain voting platforms. The advantages of an open source platform is that it is open and has no proprietary algorithms, allowing citizens and agencies to verify functionality and improve security. Many startups are focusing on open source online voting systems.
Follow my vote is an open source blockchain platform that uses a webcam and identity document issued by the government to allow voters to access remotely and securely to cast votes. After selecting their candidates, they can use their unique voting ID to open the virtual urn and verify that their vote is present and correct.
VoteWatcher, created by Blockchain Technologies Corp., uses custom generated votes that contain unique tokens in the form of QR codes to prevent the same runoff being scanned twice. These tokens also serve as a means of unlocking a "voting unit" that is transferred to the blockchain, allowing votes to be recorded and counted in real time.
VotoSocial uses a combination of blockchain technology and a colored coin protocol to ensure that votes can not be added, changed or deleted. All votes are public and traceable using a decentralized append-only blockchain.
An open data and open source online voting system can be the best philosophy to adopt.
Where do we go from here?
There is clearly a need for a revision of our electoral system.
We need to expand the Law on safe elections legislation, which gives the Department of Homeland Security the primary responsibility to share information on electoral incidents, threats and vulnerabilities. Today legislation focuses on the replacement of digital-only voting systems with machines that also leave a paper trail.
It is counterintuitive to focus on returning to a paper-based system to ensure integrity. Ideally, this legislation should grant federal money that can be used for exploration and the piloting of online voting systems. Instead of relying on traces of paper to ensure authenticity, we exploit the power of technology such as blockchain.
While it is too late to change the course of the mid-term elections, we must quickly focus on the 2020 elections. The future of our democracy counts on it.
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With the mid-term elections on us, the news is once again buzzing about tampering with elections.
There's a lot at stake as the 33 senators are ready for re-election this fall. There are also 36 government tenders this year. The outcome of the elections is of vital importance not only to shape the future of the Trump administration, but to define the future of the American political landscape for many years to come.
However, there is much more at stake in the political control of the House and the Senate. The foundation of our democratic process is on show. Our ability to guarantee the integrity of the voting system is fundamental. The elections must be transparent and ensure that the process and technology used will provide deterministic results.
The allegations of fraud and external influence will continue to rise, even in advanced democracies, if we do not apply the technology to eliminate tampering. We need a platform that guarantees the correct registration of voters, identification and simplifies the process of counting votes, all guaranteeing transparency in the results.
It is not a technology problem
This has become more a political problem than a technological problem.
Today, most of our lives are conducted on the Internet. We conduct our banking operations through a mobile app, send money to people through Venmo, pay bills, register our vehicles online and interact with friends and family online.
But we can not vote online.
Is it possible that the answer lies in leveraging the blockchain and a mobile voting system to ensure the integrity of our future elections?
The current system is broken and unsafe
Electronic voting has become mainstream following the chaos that followed after the presidential elections in 2000. Many voters have been confused by the voting process on paper and by "butterfly votes", resulting in a high number of allegedly misplaced votes. The subsequent legislation on electoral reform has led to the spread of electronic voting machines.
According to Cheap timetablesOver 30 countries have used or studied electronic voting machines, and some are still driving the technology.
There are three companies that build voting machines: Sequoia, Election Systems and Software (ES & S) and Diebold, but much of this technology is old and no longer secure.
During the 2016 election, the Department of Homeland Security said that Russian hackers allegedly targeted voting systems in 21 states. Illinois officials have confirmed that their state databases have been violated, with 500,000 records of compromised voters. The investigation, led by special adviser Robert Mueller, involved the charge of 26 Russian citizens.
Despite this, the threat has not diminished. Only in July 2018, security experts discovered phishing campaigns in Russia that targeted three candidates in the mid-term elections of 2018.
The confidence that the Americans have in the electoral system will continue to decline unless we find a solution that ensures that the votes of the elections are not tampered with. It is not unlikely to think that a lack of trust influences the turnout. People can stay at home rather than vote in what they perceive to be a rigged election.
Blockchain is the answer?
Kaspersky Lab Business Incubator was one of the first to develop a voting platform based on the Ethereum blockchain called Polys. Polys makes use of smart contracts, which allow the verification of ballot papers and assessments of votes to be carried out in a decentralized manner and verified by the participants in the network. Hackers should enter an entire computer network and access data, which is highly unlikely.
In the mid-term elections this year, West Virginia will become the first state to pilot online voting through a mobile app using blockchain technology to get votes. The system, created by a startup called Voatz, "uses biometric authentication to identify individual users before allowing them to mark an electronic ballot, and the votes are then recorded in a private blockchain."
It started as a trial in May 2018 during the primary elections, targeting foreign voters in two countries. Although the trials were successful, they also raised a lot of controversy.
Ensure transparency with open source
There are several emerging open source blockchain voting platforms. The advantages of an open source platform is that it is open and has no proprietary algorithms, allowing citizens and agencies to verify functionality and improve security. Many startups are focusing on open source online voting systems.
Follow My Vote is an open source blockchain platform that uses a webcam and an identity document issued by the government to allow voters to access them remotely and securely to cast votes. After selecting their candidates, they can use their unique voting ID to open the virtual urn and verify that their vote is present and correct.
VoteWatcher, created by Blockchain Technologies Corp., uses custom generated votes that contain unique tokens in the form of QR codes to prevent the same runoff being scanned twice. These tokens also serve as a means of unlocking a "voting unit" that is transferred to the blockchain, allowing votes to be recorded and counted in real time.
VotoSocial uses a combination of blockchain technology and a colored coin protocol to ensure that votes can not be added, changed or deleted. All votes are public and traceable using a decentralized append-only blockchain.
An open data and open source online voting system can be the best philosophy to adopt.
Where do we go from here?
There is clearly a need for a revision of our electoral system.
We need to extend the legislation of the Secure Elections Act, which gives the Department of Homeland Security the primary responsibility to share information on electoral incidents, threats and vulnerabilities. Today legislation focuses on the replacement of digital-only voting systems with machines that also leave a paper trail.
It is counterintuitive to focus on returning to a paper-based system to ensure integrity. Ideally, this legislation should grant federal money that can be used for exploration and the piloting of online voting systems. Instead of relying on traces of paper to ensure authenticity, we exploit the power of technology such as blockchain.
While it is too late to change the course of the mid-term elections, we must quickly focus on the 2020 elections. The future of our democracy counts on it.
