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Trustless Voting

Voting is based entirely on Trust. After you cast your vote, it is no longer in your custody. You instead, hand your ballot over to some employed stranger (usually with pink hair) who is then tasked with the custody, preservation, integrity, and authenticity of YOUR vote. Or you insert your ballot into a computer never to be seen again. But don't worry, it is now safely in the hands of government authorities who will protect and preserve your vote for you.

Election Controversy and Hand Wringing

Today there is an endless campaign of controversy and hand wringing around elections and voting:

Was the election stolen?

Was it legitimate?

Was this the most secure election in American history?

The last election was stolen so vote anyway so we can overwhelm the system!

The entire argument is a fabricated media influence and diversion campaign. What you NEVER hear discussed are actual solutions. Voting in the United States is based ENTIRELY on trust. This is obviously a problem. What we need is a trustless system. Trust is only established through transparency. With transparency and a chain of custody NEVER broken, a voter can cast their vote and retain the data of that vote forever. A voter must always keep ownership of their vote. There are many projects out there developing trustless systems based on blockchain. A blockchain is an immutable ledger system that can not be tampered with once a verified entry has been submitted. I am sure there are already a myriad of brilliant solutions to this problem as it is really not very difficult to solve. A problem however, can't be solved if there is no will to solve it. It seems we are all once again played over and over by media driven propaganda influence campaigns that keep us agitated, divided, fighting, and distracted through the bifurcation of this issue. Do you support free secure elections or are you an election denier? Once again, reducing the populace to a group of children corralled into making a manufactured choice. When is this level of subterfuge going to end? This has nothing to do with secure elections or election denial (whatever that is). It has to do with embracing a viable solution for this antiquated legacy trust based system. The only logical conclusion is complete and absolute transparency. Dark to Light if you want to coin a phrase. You can NOT have an opaque election process and expect it to be "safe", "secure", and "accurate". That is impossible. The ONLY reason anything is opaque and meticulously kept from the purview of public scrutiny is for the very purpose of deception, fraud, and criminal theft. Plain and simple. Elections are NOT "secure", "fair", "free", "safe", or "accurate", they are an exercise in THEFT so criminals can retain power over important decision making.

The Solution

It is not rocket science to come up with a trustless election system. One simple way is through complete and absolute transparency. This is not difficult to implement. You vote in person. You have proof you are an American eligible to vote. You vote. You sign your vote. You get a picture taken with your vote. You scan the vote into a blockchain. You verify your digital copy is identical to your hard copy. You get an address to the digital location of your vote in the blockchain and verity that. Finally, you get a self certified copy of your ballot to take with you. THEN and only then do you get a sticker and a lollipop after which you take the paper copy home with the url address to access your vote online at any point in time to ensure it hasn't been tampered with. Every vote in the ledger is accessible to everyone. It can be counted by anyone at any time. There is no need for secrecy. This is NOT complicated. You now have a transparent trustless system. This can also be easily accomplished if you wish to maintain anonymity for the voter however, I really don't see why this is necessary. I have never met anyone who didn't tell me who they voted for if asked. Why the need for secrecy? Vote and be proud of your decision.

Transparency Obviates Trust...

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