Two counties in Oregon are piloting blockchain-based mobile voting in the upcoming special elections in November.
Tusk Philanthropies, a nonprofit organization, has announced a partnership with Jackson and Umatilla counties in Oregon to launch the Voatz blockchain-based mobile voting platform. As part of the pilot project, citizens will be able to vote using their smartphones. Voting security is ensured through blockchain and face recognition technology.
Testing is available only for a small group of voters – military personnel abroad, their dependents, and other voters located outside the country. They will be able to vote through a mobile application developed by Tusk Philanthropies.
Umatilla County Administrative Services Director, Dan Lonai, said the goal of the test was to increase voter participation and make it easier for citizens to exercise their voting rights. This latest e-voting pilot project is a collaboration between Oregon counties, Voatz mobile voting platform, Tusk Philanthropies, and the National Cybersecurity Center.
In the spring of last year, the US state of West Virginia began to test the voting system through the Voatz mobile application on the blockchain for voters who are in the army and are voting in absentia. To date, the startup has implemented 31 pilot blockchain voting projects.
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