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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Voter apathy plagues all kinds of democracies around the world. WebRoots democracy aims to reverse this growing trend in the UK by campaigning for online voting. The organization currently informs people about new and innovative voting technologies. They also aim to keep citizens updated as to the legislation and support for online voting in the UK.

The WebRoots Democracy blog is very informative, covering all the advancements regarding online voting in the UK. They are also on Facebook and Twitter. We encourage you to follow them to support online voting in the UK.

One of the biggests ways WebRoots Democracy has helped the online voting movement is through the production of a report called Viral Voting. This report is a culmination of over a year’s worth of research on the potential implementation of different options for online voting in the UK.  Here are some of the key findings in the report:

The key estimated impacts are:

• An online voting option could boost turnout in a General Election by up to 9 million, increasing turnout to 79%.
• An online voting option could boost youth voter turnout in a General Election by up to 1.8 million, increasing turnout to 70%.
• An online voting option could reduce the cost per vote by a third and provide long-term savings of £12.8 million.
• An online voting option could reduce the number of accidentally spoilt ballots cast.
• An online voting option could allow vision impaired voters to cast a secret ballot, a human right which they may be denied due to current inaccessible methods of voting.

Follow My Vote supports what WebRoots Democracy is doing and encourages you to follow them to stay updated on the status of online voting in the UK.

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

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