###Blockchain Could Help Maintain US Elections

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The United States has seen nationwide protests over the death of George Floyd for the last month amid the COVID-19 pandemic. This pandemic has killed over 115k people in the US and over 408k around the globe so far.




These two situations have raised concerns over the potential risks of running the US primaries and presidential elections later this year in a country where most states require people to cast their ballots in person.

The risk of exposure and infection to the virus is clear in a situation that will result in crowded polling stations. Police presence at polling stations could be diminished if the protests and riots continue to occur.




Working around the social distancing challenge


Countries around the world such as Norway, Australia, Canada, and France have been experimenting and testing online voting systems with different degrees of success. The risk of such systems is clear, as any possible vulnerabilities could be exploited by individuals or foreign powers to interfere or disrupt the voting system.



Electronic voting has been proposed and considered in the United States, but there is not a consensus regarding how safe and effective it is compared to traditional systems. The current electronic systems installed in polling stations have shown to be vulnerable to hacking attempts on several occasions, with different degrees of penetration and exploitation, which seems to be a deterrent for the inception of online electronic voting.




While voting by mail has been used by some US states for a while, it is not a widely-accepted voting mechanism by either citizens or government alike, and it might prove ineffective in a variety of ways, especially in voting-count disputes.



Modern problems require modern solutions
Russians will be voting in a July 1st referendum to determine if the Russian President can stay in power longer than the current two consecutive periods allowed by their constitution. Citizens from all around the country will cast their ballots using paper ballots, while people in Moscow will have the option to use electronic voting, having registered via blockchain.




Moscow’s Department of Information Technologies is planning on using Bitfury’s blockchain: Exonum. The use of blockchain in such an important poll is a big step in the adoption of blockchain technologies in the democratic process and the results will shape how other countries approach its use in the future.




Moscow will need to get its citizens and security experts trust to implement this system permanently, as even if blockchain is, in theory, transparent and tamper-proof, these two characteristics depend entirely on its implementation.




Will the United States learn from its Eurasian counterpart?
The United States is not a stranger to the application of Blockchain technology in elections as it has been used in the past by West Virginia in a small-scale pilot test, which shows that the government itself is aware of the potential application and benefits that Blockchain entails.




One thing is clear: The United States, and governments around the world, need to look for alternate solutions to the traditional voting systems currently being used, since they can be easily disrupted by unforeseeable situations. Blockchain might be their best option for transparency and security in their democratic processes.