Sequent provides an end-to-end verifiable and transparent online voting platform designed for high-confidence elections. The system ensures voter confidentiality through ballot encryption and guarantees result accuracy using advanced cryptographic techniques. Its core technology is open source, offering complete transparency for expert review and increasing system trustworthiness for governments and private organizations.
Funding
Funding not disclosed
Founders
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Problem
Traditional election systems face challenges in ensuring voter confidentiality, vote verifiability, and overall system transparency, particularly in online voting scenarios. The need for secure and reliable online elections is critical, yet existing systems often lack the necessary safeguards to prevent tampering and ensure trust.
Solution
Sequent provides an online voting platform that addresses these challenges by employing end-to-end ballot encryption and advanced cryptographic techniques. This approach guarantees voter privacy and tamper-proof elections, while also providing verifiable proof that every vote is cast, recorded, and counted correctly throughout the entire election process. Sequent's core technology is open source, which increases the system's reliability and trustworthiness through academic and expert review. The platform offers a user-friendly, web-based interface compatible with various devices, eliminating the need for app downloads.
Target Audience
Sequent targets local and national governments, private organizations such as trade unions and professional associations, political parties, and election system integrators.
Features
- End-to-end ballot encryption to guarantee voter privacy.
- Advanced cryptographic techniques for verifiable election results.
- Open-source technology to enhance system transparency and trustworthiness.
- User-friendly, web-based interface compatible with any mobile, tablet, or PC.
- Trackable and verifiable ballot receipts for voters.
- Election Manager interface for officials to configure, simulate, control, and analyze elections.
- Comprehensive API for seamless integration with existing election systems.