"These are all properties that are very important for a digital voice box so that the incoming sound cannot be changed, cannot be tricked and cannot be removed."
Horizon State is testing the voting platform using blockchain technology in Sumatra in the hope that it can later be used in regional and national elections.
Director of the Blockchain Innovation Hub at RMIT University in Melbourne Professor Jason Potts, said using Blockchain technology for voting collection was sensible in today's era.
"Blockchain technology is first used for crypto currencies, but basically this technology is used for data collection while wanting to get the truth about something" said Professor Potts.
"Data recording using this blockchain technology will provide a sense of confidence in the selection process and also the technology is easy to prove that the voting process is running."
"For a country with a democratic system there are still developing basic problems that sometimes do not trust the government and this is a way to not have to trust the government to run in the election process, but leave it to technology."
Always looking for ways to improve
Carla Chianese from the institution called The International Foundation for Electoral Systems was involved as an expert in the issue of education for voters in last month's election in Indonesia which was also involved in next year's elections and presidential elections.Speaking from his personal experience on the ground, Chianese said that election fraud was common in Indonesia and the use of digital technology could help increase public confidence in this democratic process.
"I think that as people who are heavily involved in the election process we always try to find ways to maintain the essence of an election that is free, fair and accountable," Chianese said. In the project carried out in Sumatra, members of the Nahdlatul Ulama group will have digital selection boxes on their mobile phones.
They will be able to use the digital box to vote on matters that occur in the community such as choosing a chairperson, determining funds for certain activities or determining what projects to do. Horizon State hopes that the success of using this model in Sumatra will then be used in higher level elections in Indonesia.
"We are now engaged in dialogue with the local government and the central government, who are very interested in the use of technology in local and national elections," said Horizon State CEO Oren Alazraki. Horizon State was recently named a Pioneer in Technology at the World Economic Forum in Switzerland last January, following in the footsteps of companies such as Google, Airbnb and Atlassian.
Alazraki said this blockchain technology is likely to be used next year in national elections in European Union countries. If this is done it will be a national election that uses blockchain technology.
The House of Representatives had previously considered using the electronic voting system for the 2019 elections but was later canceled, fearing that the system would be easily hacked.
Indonesians still don't believe
A businessman Henri Morgan Napitupulu, who was involved in the NU blockchain project said that this technology will provide transparency and is different from the electronic voting system. "Blockchain is one of the solutions in an effort to reduce citizens' mistrust in Indonesia," Napitupulu said."The problem in Indonesia today is that there is a lot of false information and the number of false counts. Many people in Indonesia do not believe in the EMB. "But Chianese said that if this technology is not the answer to any problems.
According to Chianese, although this technology provides greater convenience and transparency for election authorities and monitors, it can also cause greater suspicion from voters and also reduce the secrecy of voting.
"They do not believe in the system because they do not believe this will be completely untracked or manipulated. Whether it's caused by a lot of false information or also intimidation of voters, that is why in many countries they still use the ballot system, "Chianesa said.
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