On February. 27, West Virginia decided against using blockchain-based platform Voatz for residents with disabilities and citizens residing abroad to bandage their votes in the land's upcoming master election.

Instead, citizens volition vote using a platform offered by Democracy Live. The platform allows voters to either fill out a election or print and post information technology. Commonwealth Alive and Voatz share entrepreneur Bradley Tusk as an investor.

Democracy Live is already in use for disabled voters in the land of Washington, and select counties in California and Ohio.

MIT inspect reveals security concerns regarding Voatz

West Virginia's decision to ditch Voatz comes post-obit a recent security audit conducted past the Massachusetts Plant of Technology (MIT) that was published on Feb. thirteen.

The study found that "Voatz has vulnerabilities that allow different kinds of adversaries to alter, stop, or expose a user's vote." While Westward Virginia had used Voatz during its 2022 midterm elections, no malicious actors were constitute to have exploited its vulnerabilities.

MIT's findings were shared with the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency prior to publication. They were then forwarded to state and local electoral officials who had planned to airplane pilot or utilise Voatz during the 2022 election wheel.

"If the public doesn't want it, or is skeptical to the point they're not confident in the results, we have to take that into consideration," Donald Kersey, general counsel to West Virginia Secretary of Land Mac Warner stated.

Voting app wreaks havoc in Iowa

Results from the Feb. 3 Autonomous Party Iowa Caucus were delayed by multiple days following a disastrous experimentation with a smartphone voting platform adult past tech company Shadow Inc.

The visitor was deputed less than ii months away from the election. The platform was not thoroughly tested, and volunteers and electoral officials had not been properly trained in how to use it.

Many people faced errors when attempting to bandage votes on the platform, and information did not transmit effectively. The chaos resulted in support lines being overwhelmed, and the party resorted to relying on paper results to determine the ballot's outcome.