Launches electronic voting app for parties and parliaments

January 1, 2020: After more than three years of research and development, the Swedish Foundation for Digital Democracy, iGov.Direct, has launched its system for electronic voting. The iOS and Android apps are part of the Foundation’s vision for a trusted electronic voting system based on requiring electronic identification and open auditable voting.

The system is a public service research project led by the politically independent nonprofit foundation. The system can be licensed by city-councils, political parties and parliaments.

The non-profit and non-political iGov.Direct Foundation's goal is to, with the help of researchers and specialists, build an auditable system for digital democracy to prevent corruption and authoritarian governance.MISSION STATEMENT, iGov.Direct Foundation

The app scans the datachip of the passport

"Advanced electronic voting systems are already in use in Moscow, Switzerland and Estonia. iGov.Direct aims to increase the trust of electronic voting by not allowing anonymity and verifies ID using the ICAO international standard for electronic identification. The data chip in a Passport or ID card is scanned by the iGov.Direct app and the voting results are, when required, protected by bitcoin blockchain technology, says founder Christian Paulsen"

Board member Elin Wibell says that a fact based, respectful dialogue is the way to have a less politically polarised policy discussion.

"iGov.Direct is based on discussion using verifiable facts, with all users being equal, ends board member Elin Wibell"

Features

We can also customise our solution to match your requirements

Social media friendly

Widen the participation in democracy through sharing proposals on social media

Real-time results

Where permitted, follow the result of the vote - live on your smartphone or tablet

Built in e-Passport reader

Securely verify the citizenship of voters by scanning the secure data chip built in to UK passports

Highly secure/scalable

Built using the latest secure and scale-able technology to handle large votes

API Connector

Political parties and parliaments can securely connect to our API to setup new votes and get results

Easy Auditing

The voting records are auditable by the voters e.g. members of a party or parliament

Read & Vote (Motions & Bills)

Read and vote on motions from your political party. The iGov app also shows the government Bills that will be voted on in Parliament

Vote for Motions

Party members/citizens who register with a UK passport can vote for a motion or vote for an objection to a motion.

Submit Motion

Party members may submit motions or object to other motions. Enforceable membership policies combined with Electronic ID ensures minimum trolling or harassment.

State and Shadow Budget

Drill down into the expenses of the government budget. See how the popular proposals create a shadow budget.

Represent others (coming soon)

Choose your field of expertise and represent others in your political party.