Legislators are proposing a blockchain vote

This Tuesday, they propose to vote on blockchain in the Ohio legislature’s bill as part of the revision of the Democratic election law.

The project asks Ohio’s Secretary of State Frank LaRose “Create a pilot program” Voting on blockchain specifically for members of the U.S. Uniformed Services based outside the United States

The bill was introduced by representatives: Beth Liston and Michele Lepore-Hagan and co-sponsored by 16 other Democrats.

The new voting method

The bill is detailed in the role of blockchain. If approved, the military could use encrypted technology to pass its votes on to election officials. This protects the security and integrity of the process and also protects the privacy of the voter.

In this way, the election reception would then print out the ballot paper for counting purposes. The bill says:

“The Foreign Minister will select the election committees that will participate in the pilot program.”

However, no technology provider is named in the invoice. Several companies, including Cleveland’s Votem Company, are building chain voting platforms that meet the Democrats’ bill.

Other companies outside of Ohio are also building well-known blockchain voting tools like Voatz. It has been used in Utah and in military election pilots in West Virginia.

This is how the pilot project proposed by the Democrats comes about when all voting systems depend on the Internet. Including those who use a blockchain, it is being scrutinized by researchers and security experts who argue that it is impossible to make these systems completely secure.

According to the signatories of a letter from the American Association for the Advancement of Science:

“Internet voting should only be used in the future if very strong guarantees for security and verifiability have been developed and introduced. Since no known technology guarantees the confidentiality, security and verifiability of a ballot paper transmitted over the Internet. ”

Blockchain and government

Many say that blockchain only adds possible attack vectors. Blockchain systems, however, continue in the conversation plans surrounding the administration of the votes of the United States.

Within the U.S. government, a large number of states have piloted blockchain pilot projects in progress, and the technology has even made it to a recently released memo from the U.S. Senate Subcommittee. United States to ensure the continuity of Senate operations.

There are already several legislators who want to use blockchain for voting. This is a new step for blockchain within governments to support each other’s security and information. However, not everyone is confident and confident in using technology.