Last week during its parliamentary elections, Russia trialed two online blockchain voting systems. Claims of foul play with e-voting have followed.
Outside of blockchain voting, the elections have been widely criticized both internationally by the EU, US and UK, as well as domestically. However, some have compared domestic criticism to Donald Trump’s objection to the 2020 Presidential results. “They (opposition) couldn’t help but sound a lot like Donald Trump and his fans screaming their frustration as mail-in votes swung one outcome after another,” wrote a Bloomberg columnist.
E-voting attracted attention because these online votes appeared to flip the election outcome shown at the physical ballot boxes in some jurisdictions. Online voting results should be immediately available but instead were delayed by several hours.
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