Using Crypto to Vote in Elections (Weird Concept — Wild Results)

TL;DR

• The Freedom Tool is a secure and anonymous electoral voting system that uses zk-proofs to eliminate fraud, miscounts, tampering, and voter suppression.

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We just learned about a new way to cast votes in elections that could be — dare we say it — world changing. 

We’re talking zk-proofs, used for voting. 

Which sounds bizarre! But here’s the thing:

Zk-proofs allow blockchains to validate information, without actually seeing all of the information. (It’s weird).

Like, a zk-proof would be able to validate your age is above 21, without having to expose your actual age or birthday. 

Here’s how it’d work with elections:

The project is called ‘The Freedom Tool,’ and the basic gist of it is that a one-time passport scan is taken, ensuring two things:

1. Each voter is eligible

2. They are given only one vote

Then, once the voter is at the booth, zk-proofs verify their eligibility and vote count → the vote is cast, and published publicly (all without exposing any of the voter’s personal information).

This new system boasts a BUNCH of cool new features/results, including but not limited to:

• Repeat or fraudulent votes would be impossible.

• Folks would be able to vote anywhere/anytime, making a range of voter suppression tactics redundant.

• Human interaction would be removed from the electoral process, stopping potential miscounts and tampering.

• Because all votes would be published on the blockchain, results could be shown in real time.

(The phrase ‘world changing’ doesn’t feel all too out of place now, right?)