RE: A compulsory vote and blockchain tech
im mostly against mandatory voting as i feel it leads to a larger proportion of uneducated votes, since people who generally arent interested in researching will still want their vote to count towards something since they have to go even if they dont take voting seriously.
I also normally dont like the idea of electronic voting as it seems something potentially vulnerable to manipulation depending on integrity of the organization responsible.
That said, i really like your idea of having a blockchain to deal with the voting process since that would mean similar to transactions for other cryptocurrencies each vote would have to go through confirmation on one or more "voting miners" of sorts which would each have access to the source code since it would be in their own machines and not something only the government has access to, and having it all recorded on the blockchain would also mean it would be possible to check where the confirmations for the votes came from to potentially check the individual machines for manipulation.
From the little Ive learned about how blockchains work I certainly think its something that could be pulled off. Each citizen could be registered a login linked to their ID or something and they would register a password to vote through an online system or also have the option to use voting stations.
Yes, I think it will work in the future. On the steem chain would be nice.
When it comes to uneducated voters it may actually be better in some respects as it is like the idea of 'guess how many in the jar' where the more guesses the more accurate :) Seriously though, I don't meet many educated voters. They may research their choice, but generally not the alternatives to the same depth which means a lot of confirmation bias. It is not my area though but going on the shape of the world, it could probably do with a few experiments to get better results.