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In the US, bitcoin-based e-voting protocols are still just a proof of concept; there’s a legal hurdle to clear before transitioning the current election system to the web. "I can't say for sure because there are a lot of variables, but it would not surprise me if within a couple years we saw them come into existence in the United States," said secretary of NAVO Brent Turner.NAVO started out specific to California, which recently passed legislation that would pave the way for open source digital election systems. Now the group is taking the effort national."The idea is to provide options for the national state election directors and the election officials by giving them good information and basically a roadmap on how to create their own open source voting systems," said Turner. “There is a crisis right now that is being recognized nationally.”"It would not surprise me if within a couple years we saw them come into existence in the United States."
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