RE: Blockchain & Elections (Venezuela Chapter)
Hi @juanmolina, thanks for the invitation to comment.
The question I ask is, when voting is allowed from one's home or mobile, how do we address the issue of real coercion or purported coercion, i.e are the voters voting based on their freewill or are they being coerced into voting for someone? It is important for elections to be conducted in such a manner that it is not only clean but is seen to be clean. The fact that people can vote from their home or mobile, without more, immediately renders it into the category of "not seen to be clean" although in fact it maybe clean.
After reading your article, I checked online for electronic voting issues and came across a wiki article on EVM in India. Although the EVMs are not the same as blockchain voting system, you may profitably look at the article for system agnostic logistic issues that you may encounter.
Here is the link to the article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_voting_in_India.
Hopefully it is of some help.
Blessings.
Regards appreciated @devann
I agree with your assessment. This freedom lends itself to coercion. This can come from relatives, friends (enemies), co-workers ...
As an alternative to this situation, it occurs to me that in order to maintain its solemnity, it is followed by the act of voting in authorized centers, with all the protocol that merits. But that the entire accounting process will remain in the books of a solid blockchain.
Yes, it looks like authorized voting centers could solve the problem. Additionally, since it is on blockchain, even authorized mobile voting vans could be added to augment the voting process for the invalids, old people and voters in the remote areas.
How much creativity!
So we agree that voting using blockchain is possible.
Hopefully in the near future all this will crystallize.
Thanks friend @devann.