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Blockchain-based Elections in Moscow!
One of the finest use cases of Blockchain in Good Governance is in the segment of Elections.
In this article, Moscow, the capital of Russia is implementing blockchain-based elections for its citizens to vote for on its constitutional Amendments
Conducting Elections via DLT, so-called Blockchain ensures absolutely No fraud, Identity Theft, and provides utmost transparency and True Democracy
The same process has been implemented earlier in a few other countries like Europe and many companies provide this as a Service
India’s Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora also said that the country hopes to increase voter turnout with a blockchain-based voting solution in near future.
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Moscow says it is tapping blockchain, the technology underpinning the cryptocurrency Bitcoin (BTC), to ensure the security and transparency of its voting process.
According to the official news portal of the Moscow Mayor, citizens with permanent registration in Moscow who are over 18 years old can use the blockchain-based system to vote for or against proposed changes to the Russian constitution on June 30th.
Those who want to use the electronic voting system need to register online. The system will cross-check the information submitted during registration with those in the centralized database of voters to identify applicants who will be eligible to participate in the electronic voting.
If approved, the proposed constitutional amendments will extend the term of Russian President Vladimir Putin until 2036. Otherwise, he is supposed to leave his post in 2024.
Moscow officials hope that distributed ledger technology can address concerns of irregularities in the election since the decentralized nature of blockchain makes the data in the network transparent and verifiable.
“In order to change the information regarding bulletins, it is necessary to obtain the approval of most network participants, so the blockchain chain is almost impossible to crack.
“The voice itself is anonymized and encrypted. There will be two encryption keys – one held by each voter while the second will be divided into several parts and stored by different network participants.”
