The Catalan authorities, through the head of its citizen participation council, has pointed out that there is a consideration for a blockchain-backed public e-voting system. This is according to a recent Spanish daily newspaper La Vanguardia report.
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Mac Warner, the Secretary of State of the U.S. state of West Virginia, has reported that success has been recorded in the remote blockchain voting at its first attempt. Mac further said that from 24 different counties, 144 military personnel stationed overseas experienced no difficulty in casting their ballots on a mobile, blockchain-based platform called Voatz in the 2018 midterm elections.
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Come November; we might be witnessing a blockchain-based voting exercise in West Virginia. Although the initiative has been heavily criticized especially by cybersecurity experts and election specialists, it seems as though the criticism has fallen to deaf ears as the officials in charge of the project push ahead.
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