West Virginia to roll out blockchain-powered voting app – but there’s a caveat

West Virginia to roll out blockchain-powered voting app – but there’s a caveat
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2018-8-7 16:01

West Virginia is preparing to roll out a voting app in the upcoming mid-term elections that will be powered by blockchain tech, but there’s a catch. In March 2018, West Virginia piloted a scheme to allow their overseas military personnel to vote in state elections from their smartphone.

The scheme implemented a solution developed by Boston-based startup Voatz, which uses facial recognition software to verify the voter, and store the anonymized votes on blockchain. Naturally, the geographical location of the voter – in this case, soldiers – is of little importance. As long as they can be verified as a…

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