The alpha version runs on a blockchain using the open-source Graphene Blockchain Framework.

Follow My Vote on GitHub

Features and functionality that can be explored in the alpha release include publishing of contests, casting votes, and tallying contest results. TLS Encryption using the blockchain as the certificate authority has also been established for client and server communication.

“I am excited to present the alpha of our stake-weighted voting system. Although it is not yet feature complete, this version has the core components, all utilizing a live Graphene blockchain as the data store and public key infrastructure. This alpha serves not only as a demonstration of our technology, but also as the foundation for development of our more advanced anonymous, verified identity system which we will use to run a parallel election to the United States Presidential Election in November.”

– Nathan Hourt, Co-Founder & CTO – Follow My Vote

Stakeweighted Voting Explained

Stakeweighted voting is not like voting in a typical political election. It is based on the idea that not all voters should have an equal amount of influence over the outcome of an election or contest. A great example is shareholder voting for a corporation. If you own 60% of a company, you would want to have voting power that corresponds with your level of ownership in the company.

Follow My Vote plans to offer shareholder and proxy voting services around the world. Learn more.

First Application

One of the first real applications for the stakeweighted voting software will be with Follow My Vote MERITs, which are digital crypto-currency tokens. When Follow My Vote is deciding on features to build into the open-source software, we will run stake-weighted polls within the voting software to prioritize development based on market demand. These polls will be weighted in MERIT. Therefore, holders of MERIT will help set the direction of Follow My Vote’s software development.

MERITs proved to be one of the more popular rewards offered during our Kickstarter campaign. We are excited to start getting feedback from both customers and supporters.

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Is The Stakeweighted Voting Software For Political Elections?

No, the stake-weighted voting software is meant to be used for shareholder and proxy voting. Follow My vote is currently building functionality for 1 person 1 vote type elections, which will cater towards typical elections held by governments.

About Follow My Vote:

Follow My Vote develops open-source blockchain voting software that supports early voting from mobile devices and provides immediate transparency into election results by allowing voters to independently audit the ballot box to ensure that election results are honest.

See The Official Press Release

Learn how to set up a Graphene blockchain testnet and run the alpha.

About the author: Will Long is the Marketing Manager of Follow My Vote.

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Follow My Vote contributed an entire chapter in the report addressing questions pertaining to voter verification, safeguards against cyber-attacks and malware, audit trails, and securing voter records.

This report is good news for proponents of online voting. When conversing with people about online voting software, oftentimes one of the first questions asked is: is it secure?  We now have a report that shows exactly how online voting can be secure. All skeptics must read this report before presenting arguments against open source end-to-end verifiable online voting.  We invite you to read the report for yourself and share it with your friends.

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Press Release:

Follow My Vote, Inc.

Blacksburg, VA

January 26, 2016

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

FOLLOW MY VOTE AND WEBROOTS DEMOCRACY RELEASE SECURE VOTING REPORT IN COMBINATION WITH VERIZON, SCYTL, EVERYONE COUNTS, AND OTHERS.

Blacksburg, VA — WebRoots Democracy, in partnership with Follow My Vote and other industry leading experts, has released a report entitled “Secure Voting: A guide to secure #onlinevoting in elections.” The purpose of the report, which was written by global experts and authoritative academics, is to explore and document the possible security models for online voting software. “We think the use of blockchain technology could be the security breakthrough that makes online voting viable.” states Nathan Hourt, Co-Founder and CTO at Follow My Vote.

With the information provided in the report, governments around the world can now make informed decisions on how to move forward with modernizing their election processes. The Secure Voting report was preceded by the WebRoots Democracy report, Viral Voting.

The following companies and people contributed to the WebRoots Democracy Secure Voting report: Follow My Vote, Verizon, Dr. Kevin Curran, Professor Robert Krimmer, Scytl, Smartmatic, Everyone Counts, Electoral Reform Services, and Mi-Voice.

“We are humbled by the opportunity to demonstrate our expertise in designing secure, open- source, end-to-end verifiable online voting software on a global level,” states Adam Kaleb Ernest, Co-Founder and CEO at Follow My Vote.

See the official Follow My Vote website for more information on the Secure Voting report: https://followmyvote.com.

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About the author: Will Long is the Marketing Manager of Follow My Vote.

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People like voting in convenient ways. The info in the press release indicates that more and more citizens in California are voting by mail. In 20012, 6.7 million votes were cast via the mail in California.

We believe that the statistics in the press release reveal just how successful voter turnout can be if we vote over the internet. If we are seeing sign up rates like this, think how much of an increase we would see if we could vote over the internet in a transparent, secure way.  Online voting can be extremely secure and safe if the correct methods are used.

An argument could be made that online voting would even save votes from being lost or misplaced.  The United States Postal Service (USPS) has reported that lost mail volume can be as much as 4.7%(2010) We can safely assume that not every ballot mailed reaches the appropriate registrars office. We should be taking the appropriate measures to eliminate all risks associated with ballots not reaching the ballot box.

If we were to vote over the internet via a secure voting platform we would see the same convenience benefits, but reduce all the risks of ballot misplacement. With the correct voting system, verifying you vote become extremely simple. We have the technology. It is now just a matter of when and where. What state will be the first to let their citizens vote over the internet first? We believe the states who are pioneering online voter registration will take the first steps.

Source: CACEO.

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