Using Crypto to Vote in Elections (Weird Concept — Wild Results)
TL;DR
The Freedom Tool is a secure and anonymous electoral voting system that uses zk-proofs to eliminate fraud, miscounts, tampering, and voter suppression.
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We just learned about a new way to cast votes in elections that could be — dare we say it — world changing.
We’re talking zk-proofs, used for voting.
Which sounds bizarre! But here’s the thing:
Zk-proofs allow blockchains to validate information, without actually seeing all of the information. (It’s weird).
Like, a zk-proof would be able to validate your age is above 21, without having to expose your actual age or birthday.
Here’s how it’d work with elections:
The project is called ‘The Freedom Tool,’ and the basic gist of it is that a one-time passport scan is taken, ensuring two things:
Each voter is eligible
They are given only one vote
Then, once the voter is at the booth, zk-proofs verify their eligibility and vote count → the vote is cast, and published publicly (all without exposing any of the voter’s personal information).
This new system boasts a BUNCH of cool new features/results, including but not limited to:
Repeat or fraudulent votes would be impossible.
Folks would be able to vote anywhere/anytime, making a range of voter suppression tactics redundant.
Human interaction would be removed from the electoral process, stopping potential miscounts and tampering.
Because all votes would be published on the blockchain, results could be shown in real time.
(The phrase ‘world changing’ doesn’t feel all too out of place now, right?)