Successful Blockchain Voting in 2018 Midterm Elections
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West Virginia Secretary of State Reports
Successful Blockchain Voting in 2018 Midterm Elections
Voting for the general elections on the platform started in September, when absentee balloting opened in West Virginia.
The first trial of the new platform took place during the state’s primary elections in April. Blockchain-based ballots were then restricted to a select group of voters such as deployed military members and other citizens eligible to vote absentee under the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act (UOCAVA) and their spouses and dependents.
The Voatz system was initially developed to address the issue of low voter participation among members of the military. According to Symantec — the firm behind the Voatz system — only 368,516, or 18 percent of the 2 million service members and their families serving overseas received ballots in 2016.