West Virginia aims to enable soldiers to vote with confidence in the Senate elections that will take place on May 8 with Blockchain technology.
West Virginia Secretary of State Mac Warner said on Thursday that the pilot will be implemented on May 8 in West Virginia. announced that it will be tested on military personnel to be deployed in Harrison and Monongalia counties in the senate elections that will take place in May.. According to the whitepaper of the pilot project, Voatz will provide technological support. Medici Ventures, a subsidiary of online retail giant Overstock.com, will lend $2.2 million to the voting technology startup.
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According to Warner, the project came about as a result of the technological hurdles voters faced because of the current cumbersome system in the military.. The following information stood out in the whitepaper:
“The voting systems previously offered to military voters abroad did not manage to anonymize very well.. Many military voters were concerned that mailed or faxed ballots did not arrive on time, or they thought they would not be counted.. The new mobile voting system will end these concerns.”
Warner stated that if the project proves successful, his plan is to implement the system in 55 counties of the state in the 2018 general elections. It coincides with the legislative efforts of the West Virginia House of Representatives, which aims to establish a special working group to explore ways of adopting.
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