Ou I absolutely agree on that. This is nothing more than a simple Proof of Concept for voting on Ethereum/a Blockchain. Definitely also agree that the ideology of "decentralize and blockchain everything" is wrong.
In the current implementation of PublicVotes, it costs around $1 to record some 200 votes into the Blockchain. This is quite expensive compared to systems such as Civitas, but it is arguably, cheaper than the current system where governments often count vote ballots by hand. (at least that's how it's done around here in Italy).
Nonetheless, I do think though that Smart Contracts can play an important role in future voting systems, and obviously they can empower entire governments. I will work on a Liquid Democracy model next for which Smart Contracts make a lot of sense.
> This is quite expensive compared to systems such as Civitas, but it is arguably, cheaper than the current system where governments often count vote ballots by hand.
Maybe cheaper, but I'm not sure if having to trust my computer with an important vote like that is better than having to trust a voting booth, ballot box and my eyes when the votes are being tallied. I think the slowness of manual tallying is a security property since anyone can inspect the computation while it's being run. All other technologies like Civitas, Scantegrity etc. are not cheaper but more expensive than this manual process and open up great possibilities for state level adversaries.
I think your system (using peoples computers) might be trusted when the stakes are lower though. Interesting project :)
In the current implementation of PublicVotes, it costs around $1 to record some 200 votes into the Blockchain. This is quite expensive compared to systems such as Civitas, but it is arguably, cheaper than the current system where governments often count vote ballots by hand. (at least that's how it's done around here in Italy).
Nonetheless, I do think though that Smart Contracts can play an important role in future voting systems, and obviously they can empower entire governments. I will work on a Liquid Democracy model next for which Smart Contracts make a lot of sense.