The National Electoral Commission
Sierra Leone has come out with a
clarification to – and, an outright condemnation – of the news that theirs was one of the
first elections recorded to the blockchain. While the blockchain voting company
Agora claimed to have run the first blockchain-based election, it appears that the company did little more than observe the voting and store some of the results.
Government statement
“The NEC (
National Electoral Commission) has
not used and is not using blockchain technology in any part of the electoral process,” said NEC head Mohamed Conteh.
The National Electoral Commission Sierra Leone has come out with a clarification to – and, an outright condemnation – of the news that theirs was one of the first elections recorded to the blockchain. While the blockchain voting company Agora claimed to have run the first blockchain-based election, it appears that the company did little more than observe the voting and store some of the results.
“The NEC (National Electoral Commission) has not used and is not using blockchain technology in any part of the electoral process,” said NEC head Mohamed Conteh. 