Digital Elections
SIV makes safe digital voting easy for voters and election administrators. And strong enough for high-stakes elections, with One-Person-One-Vote, end-to-end verifiable results, and cryptographically private voting.
The largest digital election in US history. The Forward Party of Utah opened a midterm replacement vote to all registered voters in Utah Senate District 11, regardless of party affiliation. The winner was sworn in the morning after voting closed as the latest State Senator.
Run for a highly technical, security-minded audience at DEF CON. $10,000 in prizes, with a public vote which awarded $5k in prizes to the top red-team submissions.
Public Prize Awarding ProcessAn open, publicly auditable effort to find a popular replacement after widespread calls for President Biden to drop out following surprisingly poor debate performance. The goal was to allow hundreds of millions of Americans to securely weigh in, with strong authentication, and a ranked choice among 9 top presidential choices.
The Utah branch of the new Forward Party held its first statewide convention, using SIV and Approval Voting to set party priorities and nominate candidates. 908 votes were cast and tallied.
Rep. Celeste Maloy won the nomination for Utah's 2nd Congressional District in a SIV election, then the November general, becoming the first person elected through SIV to serve in the U.S. Congress.
A New York representative invited all residents of Harlem to jointly allocate a $2M community-improvement budget.
People could choose between voting via SIV or paper. After election, people said “This is election nirvana”, and "We were all pollwatchers today".
Quotes
What organizers and voters say after running digital elections with SIV.
“Easiest voting I've ever done. Thank you!”
“SIV voting system is as cool as ice cream. What I particularly like about it is the flexibility it offers when voting as an ex-ballot counter. This concept is truly innovative and represents the future of voting. Traditional elections can take days to count millions of votes, and human errors are inevitable. However, with this advanced voting technology that prioritizes privacy, the process becomes much more efficient and accurate.”
“SIV is on the front lines of a truly important technology with incredible potential. The broader concept of online voting has the potential to shift paradigms around how and what it means to vote and, in doing so, strengthen global democracy. But any approach must begin with an absolute commitment to security, and this is where SIV most clearly sets itself apart. Our election had to be fast, adaptable, utterly secure, able to withstand academic and political scrutiny, and delivered at a fraction of the cost typically required to run an election. SIV delivered on every front.”
“This went really well... and thank you for the kind words! Our whole data team was over the moon. We should do a post mortem to compare notes but I think this time next year we'll have the best voting system including registration in the country.”
“Amazing! Couldn't have been better.”
“Easy! Keeps getting better and better.”
“Very cool! Wow, SIV JUST WORKS!”
“Everything has gone PERFECTLY! I'm so impressed! I posted this to the team last week: > ‘Have to callout how intuitive and clean the SIV admin layout is. What a huge step forward it is to have transitioned from Helios to SIV. I can't say enough about SIV as a product, the support, the alignment with our community's ethos, etc. This was a win for everyone across the board.’ Thank you for incredible technology. You build beautiful software!”
“This vote was a total success, thanks in very large part to you!”
“Hello! Thanks for thinking of us! I have been enjoying the ease of admin-ing this poll. It's amazing how calm I feel compared to the old days! Thank you for building SIV! 🙌”
“Thanks for everything! SIV is such a pleasure for so many reasons.”