Hey Steemit, can blockchain technology increase voter turnout and participation?

diggndeeper.com (63) · 7 years ago

I still question the legitimacy of voting in a system that is not voluntary. In other words, just because a bunch of people vote for a thing, that does not mean the outcome of that vote is legitimate.

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egon80 (38) · 7 years ago

But the mass is voting for it

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branbello (49) · 7 years ago

I think blockchain technology could greatly increase participation, but not necessarily voter turnout. I think blockchain technology would give people more incentive to participate in elections from their houses than them showing up at a voting booth.

Personally, I think it is not necessary for increasing voter turnout and participation. If the two major parties in the US actually offered decent candidates, then voter participation and turnout would go up. It will also go up if more than the two major parties were allowed to debate on a stage that is broadcasted across the country; it's kind of suppressing the other parties (Libertarian, Green, etc.) and not letting them actually hit big topics and reach big crowds.

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thejohalfiles (58) · 7 years ago (edited)

@davidpakman I believe in the long run it could potentially do so. Some common excuses I hear from people who don't vote are "my vote wont make a difference anyway" or "the system is rigged". If the voting system integrated a blockchain it could restore some faith in the voting system in regards to manipulation/hacking. You cant alter what is on a blockchain as it is immutable, and it could potentially be very powerful if used in the voting system.

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5 votes

fourfourfun (55) · 7 years ago

Although, I do imagine that there are certain governmental factions that will be incredibly invested in ensuring transparency (obviously not exposing individuals and their votes) and availability/accessibility does not come to the voting system. Not while there are rules that can be bent - and not broken - to ensure outcomes can be encouraged in a given direction. Far too much at stake for these individuals in terms of money and influence.

Not that I'm saying I wouldn't want it to happen. It'd be an interesting world if voting got brought up to date.

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lillypad (25) · 7 years ago

What's your opinion on distributed verification of blocks? I can see arguments on both sides. If we assume that a vote is a private-key signed 'transaction' then atomically they ought to be pretty secure. In that regard I think that individuals would be unable to create fake votes and so the main concern for a fake-vote attack would be a major organization. I think the best defense against that would then be to allow citizens (verified by another private-key signed login and a government repository of public keys) to verify the blocks in addition to the base government block verification infrastructure. Maybe there could be some kind of tax credit offered to the people who do that.

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earthnation (65) · 7 years ago

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3 votes

tronthetechie (56) · 7 years ago

Blockchain tech could offer an unparalleled amount of transparency in voting, that could lead to either;

More accountability to the voters by elected officials
or
The lack of a need for elected officials in general (cutting out the middlemen so to speak.)

That is assuming that we ever get to the point that we implement it in a reasonable way.

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5 votes

davidpakman (76) · 7 years ago

that's interesting! good ideas, thanks for posting them

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schrosct (44) · 7 years ago

We could have votecoin? With a wallet assigned at birth like a SSN?
The person with the most votecoins at the end of each block gets the position?

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aegyptiangod (40) · 7 years ago

Coins used for voting
Capitalism being used to solve corruption

2018's gonna be a crazy year.

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skycornish (55) · 7 years ago

Check out Horizon State! Blockchain voting for entire countries!

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davidpakman (76) · 7 years ago

haven't heard of that, will check it out!

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mohammedfelahi (57) · 7 years ago

may be beneficial

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islamkha (33) · 7 years ago

great idea

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mfano (36) · 7 years ago

I dont know how, i new here and still learn about this. Great post and have a nice day

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3 votes

leftamessage (50) · 7 years ago (edited)

I think it may if people believed it would curb fake votes. however,
Why is there so low a turnout or participation?
How can it be increased?

I believe there is loss of faith in the system. People are beginning at last to realise that it does not matter who is voted in, they still get screwed. Apathy, I think is the key. The electorate is so discouraged and wearied by everything about politics, that they just think 'what's the point?'.

If you want people to vote, someone has to create a new party that is true to it's word and believes in values the common man believes in. Run the country responsibly and for the people.

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schrosct (44) · 7 years ago

It's important to note that there's not a fake voter problem in the United States.
Most cases of voter fraud in the past years have been republicans that claimed they were trying to prove how easy voter fraud was. Since they got caught it's obviously not that easy.
I do agree with you that the two party system is dwindling voter turn-out. If we could have some sort of run-off voting system then that would be optimal.

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some-dude (49) · 7 years ago

The UNTHINKABLE is suddenly THINKABLE with blockchain technology....

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schrosct (44) · 7 years ago

everything is possible at zombocom

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introvertspeaks (51) · 7 years ago

Blockchain all your problems in Jesus name. Amen!

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travelersmemoire (58) · 7 years ago

The potential for blockchain to increase voter turnout is mainly linked to voting online via unique identity. There are many ways to do this but blockchain definitely has the potential to do it!

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tapanbk (51) · 7 years ago

I don't know why and how? But my answer is yes. :)

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thechrislapakko (35) · 7 years ago

What's a block chain?

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edwuadr (33) · 7 years ago

excellent vlog

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waltliquor (50) · 7 years ago

I think this is great technology, we are heading for a great future steemit

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efren.arnaude (41) · 7 years ago

If it increases, through the Blockchain technology, the computer system has more users, and when they see the versatility of the system they are forced to use it, not because of the obligation, but because of the usefulness.

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phillips93 (45) · 7 years ago

Very interesting and fantastic post greetings friend

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marlenny (48) · 7 years ago

Hi Im New here I still learn about this. Great post

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yura81 (47) · 7 years ago

I know a name of future Rissian president without any blockchain

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mfernanda (25) · 7 years ago

Wow, this could be very interesting💡

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ahkhayar (50) · 7 years ago

Thank for information!

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hifza (25) · 7 years ago

it could deffinatly help us

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bitcoin12 (12) · 7 years ago

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niyinails (43) · 7 years ago

Nothing is impossible this days. The world is evolving, blockchain to the rescue and behind every innovation to crypto currency so he'll yea.

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eliasleo (44) · 7 years ago

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cryptoknight12 (65) · 7 years ago

I think so and my reason being the would be more confidence in the system to be secure and not some mysterbox from the 1980s

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cfvisser (25) · 7 years ago (edited)

As blockchain technology may improve fairness of elections, it may also improve public trust and engagement. This video describes 19 'industries' which blockchain is likely to disrupt, one of them is voting

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imranpase (48) · 7 years ago

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egon80 (38) · 7 years ago

This might could work

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mmilos01 (25) · 7 years ago

I think it's difficult to speculate on the benefits of blockchain technology for voter turnout. I do believe that the technology has the benefit of increasing transparency and reducing corruption within any sort of electoral system. However, if that will translate to increased voter turnout is a big leap to make.

Let's not forget, voter apathy is a huge issue in a democratic society. If people feel like their vote won't actually matter or change the things they dislike about the current political regime, using blockchain won't solve that problem.

Now, I do think there is an argument to be made that blockchain has the potential to make government bureaucracy more efficient, transparent, and less corrupt. If blockchain were to be used to administer the public health system, for example, leading to reduced inefficiency and waste, then you may down the road see a resurgence in belief in the democratic system for those who choose to sit out.

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endless.drugs (65) · 7 years ago

Maybe? but maybe voting is useless anyways?

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johnlue (52) · 7 years ago

It possible can but it may have to have a return on the voters side. I almost think there is a post that states that if some should vote approximate 28 mins it is possible there may earn some reward according to that posts performance. I think @steemteam might have alot of understanding in that department.

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mawardy (47) · 7 years ago

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enli10 (29) · 7 years ago

No doubt about it. I don't really get around to voting very often. Mainly because most of the shit is so asinine and open to corruption I usually feel there are better uses of my time.

Voting is awesome, I can't wait to be able to vote with confidence!

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mikej (50) · 7 years ago

What is the secret to earning all this Steem on one blog post? I'm struggling to earn $1 per post. 🙁 I guess my blogs suck.

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