On 5 November 2020, Japanese blockchain startup LayerX announced its collaboration with Tsukuba City Council to develop a blockchain-based electronic voting solution. This is in conjunction with Tsukuba Councils’ efforts to be one of Japan’s first local governments to promote city-wide digitization.
LayerX has developed an electronic voting protocol that promises ballot-counting transparency and confidential voting. The protocol meets the requirements of Japanese legislation on electronic voting systems which legalized some local government voting. The solution prevents double voting, securely stores the votes, and manages records and voting results. The blockchain will allow for later verification of these votes, to demonstrate that the voting information was correctly collected. Additionally, Layer X plans to help the council with technical issues related to the digital transformation of other administrative services.
In Japan’s Ibaraki Prefecture, Tsukuba City aims to become a ‘smart city,’ looking to innovative technologies to achieve this goal. It seeks technological solutions in various fields, ranging from infrastructure and administration to medicine.
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