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The head of the council of participation of citizens of the Catalan government states that the authority is considering the blockchain for the voting system of the community, reports the Spanish newspaper La Vanguardia, Monday 19 November.
At the beginning of October, the Generalitat of Catalonia approved a preliminary draft law to establish an electronic voting system for foreign residents in the main elections and other voting processes in the autonomous community.
Recently, Ismael Peña-López, director of citizen participation in the Catalan government, revealed that the government hopes to introduce an external electronic voting system by 2020 and to extend electronic voting to all voters.
According to Peña-López, who is a professor of law and political science at the Open University of Catalonia (UOC), the use of blockchain in the state electronic voting system is still under study, although the Generalitat has not yet decided whether it matters:
"An interesting option is to use blockchain. […] The Generalitat has not made a clear commitment to the blockchain and is still exploring what options there are before deciding. "
The director noted that regardless of which technology the government decides to use in the voting system, it must instill confidence. La Vanguardia quotes Peña-López, "It's a matter of awareness: the government is more respectful of a trade, I'd like to think that we can convince people that [it] it is reliable. "
In early July, the Government of Catalonia revealed a plan for the development of blockchain technology within its public administration processes in order to improve "digital services for the public".
The Catalan community is striving to achieve independence from the Spanish government since 1922. On October 27, 2017, the Catalan parliament declared independence from Spain, following a controversial referendum.
In October 2018, the Spanish press agency El Confidencial reported that the former Catalan president Carles Puigdemont required public encrypt donations. It seems that Puigdemont has requested encrypted donations to hide financial support from the Catalan government's politicians.
According to the Spanish daily El Mundo, the government of Carles Puigdemont used Bitcoin (BTC) to finance initiatives that promote independence.
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