Blockchain Revolution

Random-Sample Elections
Another democratic model enabled by blockchain-style governance is random-sample
elections. Voters selected at random would receive a ballot in the mail and directions
to Web sites with candidate information and statements from interested parties.
Anyone may request a ballot, but it will not be counted, and will appear
indistinguishable to its valid counterparts to all but the requesting voter. These can be
sold to a vote buyer, but they would never know if that vote counted. As these votes
are believed more likely to be sold than their countable counterparts, it makes
coercion impractically costly. David Chaum, inventor of the concept, said random-
sample polling could produce more representative and reliable results than elections
today regularly achieve.
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