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On-Chain Municipal Election Using Threshold Encryption Demo

Original title: Municipal Voting Goes On-Chain: Encrypted, Verifiable Real World Elections

Ethereum Foundation 8:21 0 views on YouTube ETH −6.1%

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Summary

The Ethereum Foundation worked with the City of Munich and Universität der Bundeswehr München to run a real municipal election on-chain. The voting system applied threshold encryption, splitting the election key among a committee so no single entity could decrypt individual ballots. Only the final tally is ever opened, preserving legal ballot secrecy. Voters participated without needing a cryptocurrency wallet. The project demonstrates Ethereum’s capabilities for censorship resistance, open‑source code, privacy and security as required by election law. Speaker Punit explains the system, recountability, institutional concerns, and current limitations.

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Key points

  1. The City of Munich and Universität der Bundeswehr München collaborated with the Ethereum Foundation to conduct a real on‑chain municipal election.
  2. The election used threshold encryption, dividing the key across a committee so no single party can decrypt individual ballots; only the final tally is decrypted.
  3. Voters took part without having a cryptocurrency wallet, complying with legal ballot secrecy rules.
  4. The project showcases Ethereum’s censorship resistance, open‑source, privacy and security features as legal election requirements.

Questions

How does the system keep individual ballots secret?
It uses threshold encryption that splits the election key among a committee, preventing any single party from decrypting ballots and only opening the final tally.
Can the election result be independently verified?
Yes, the system allows anyone to recount the result because the final tally is publicly opened while each ballot remains encrypted.

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