Can Blockchain Technology stop Election Malpractice? - page 2.

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Quote from: Wenbing on April 23, 2020, 02:10:28 AM

How can we solve this anonymous issue when applying this technology to election processes[/i]?

Kindly drop you opinion on this issue.

We have seen this discussions before.

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I also believe that e-voting is a bad idea, blockchain (or any jargon) included. Here's the thing, you can't make sure somebody vote without knowing their identity at one point or the other, and who knows what exactly happens in the machine or the code itself. It is difficult to trust the code especially if the government is the one who made it. Somebody can cast doubt over the machine and then everyone would start doubting the entire election itself.

Tom Scott made a good video about this (about e-voting in general but I believe the risk is the same)[1].

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LkH2r-sNjQs

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I don't think anonymous voting & transparency could work together. If the government allowed us to see a list of all voters, it'd mean no privacy and although we may not know who is who as our name could be transformed into codes/IDs, the government would.

The old ways of elections are still the best imo, although they can manipulate votes. Let's be honest for a minute: if they have a plan to manipulate them, they'll surely find a way to do so as they've done it for decades or even centuries. Blockchain won't solve it without sacrifices/consequences.

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Quote from: avikz on April 23, 2020, 02:44:41 AM

But the issue is that, because of the transparency factor of blockchain- majority of the nations will not allow its implementation! This way they will loose their power to manipulate the system! Especially in countries like India where democracy exists on the books only!

Democratic form of government exists in books in manay countries.
There are countries where their politician buy votes.
There are countries who hire thugs to rig elections.
What about the famous Russia hacking the Trump election and influenced it.

Corruption in election indeed.

Quote from: pakhitheboss on April 23, 2020, 03:05:19 AM

The best part about Blockchain is that you cannot manipulate with this ID as once it is created you cannot delete or edit it.

But, will the government of these countries allow this to happen?

We need government approval in order to realise this transparent electioneering processes. We also need good legal system in place so that any defaulter will be penalized and it'll serve as a deterrent to other potential defaulters.

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There's a debate that cryptography can, but "blockchain-technology"? The term itself already sounds like a scam. Use a database. Cheaper, and more efficient.

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I am not sure how it will be implemented? but, it can be done. If every individual is provided a unique identification number or alphanumeric ID on the Blockchain then the problem can be solve. To generate this ID they have to go through KYC.

The best part about Blockchain is that you cannot manipulate with this ID as once it is created you cannot delete or edit it.

But, will the government of these countries allow this to happen?

avikz

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Election is a billion dollar industry! It sounds dumb but that's the truth! It's an industry to manipulate people to ensure power mongers retaining their power to rule a so called democracy.

Blockchain can beautifully solve the issue of manipulation but it can't remain decentralized in any way! Blockchain can ensure transparency in the election process but there has to be a central authority who will ensure the transparency parameter is not compromised and to declare the result. The anonymity factor must be retained within the blockchain for the general mass but not for the centralized authority. That can be achieved by creating a private blockchain with customized set of rules - probably a programmer will be able to share technical side of it.

But the issue is that, because of the transparency factor of blockchain- majority of the nations will not allow its implementation! This way they will loose their power to manipulate the system! Especially in countries like India where democracy exists on the books only!

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I see blockchain to be a transparent ledger that makes it possible for activities going on in a particular industry to be transparent.

One of the applications of this software technology is cryptocurrency.

Other applications according to an article I read on Quora are: healthcare application, real estate application, legal industry application, security application , government application, rentals and ride sharing application, charity organization application and education application. Here is the link below:

https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-coolest-application-of-Blockchain-technology

This made bitcoin to have a decentralized system, transparent and built on the basis of trust in such a way that the users are anonymous.

My consideration is this:
I believe the blockchain technology can be applied in election processes, so that we can solve the problem with many elections malpractices such as hacking of election documents in developed countries and rigging of election results in developing countries.

But the bottleneck is this. How can we know exactly those that vote being that the addresses make people to be anonymous?

How can we solve this anonymous issue when applying this technology to election processes?

Kindly drop you opinion on this issue.

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