Kaspersky Lab Launches Blockchain Platform for Voting

The Moscow company Kaspersky demonstrated a service for remote voting based on blockchain, whichcould potentially change the rules of traditional elections.

Decentralized voting platform,created by Kaspersky Innovation Hub and its subsidiary Polys, allows voters to vote via smartphone or laptop and double-check their vote using a web application. 

The new product provides a secure and transparent platform for voting in organizations, educational and government institutions. 

New digital polling stations will beuse Polys technology, which significantly increases their reliability and efficiency. The polling stations are equipped with a voter code activator, voting terminals and printers that print data. The equipment makes it possible to vote on the spot using a QR code or token. The system counts and encrypts the vote immediately after it is submitted. 

The presentation of the company noted:

Polys Voting Machine – these are deviceswhich not only improve security and transparency in the current format of the electoral system, but also significantly reduce the costs associated with vote counting and additional resources.

According to the developers, the system is almost ready and soon it will be “ready to work throughout Russia”.