David Ernst @dsernst.com · 14/12/2025- 11chooses.com : Official election website - 11.siv.org/plan : Election plan & vote-related info - utahforwardparty.org : Dedicated local organizers - electionscience.org : Approval voting 000
David Ernst @dsernst.com · 14/12/2025More links: - Results: you can see all the anonymized votes here: siv.org/election/1764187291234 - And the digital ballot: 11.siv.org/previewsiv.orgSIV: Election Status 100
David Ernst @dsernst.com · 14/12/2025Voter-verifiable results: voters can personally confirm their vote is correctly recorded in the results. Auditors can test against ballot stuffing or fake voters. 100
David Ernst @dsernst.com · 14/12/2025Cryptographic privacy: 4-of-4 multiparty key + cryptographic shuffle to anonymize votes before they were tallied. 100
David Ernst @dsernst.com · 14/12/2025Used Approval Voting: "Vote for *all* the options you approve of" - a spoiler-free, non-polarizing voting method (innovates upon RCV). On top of everything else, this alone is a serious historic win, as its first time being used to elect a state-level American government office. 100
David Ernst @dsernst.com · 14/12/202598% digital: Anyone could opt to vote in-person with paper, but only 1-out-of-50 chose to. 100
David Ernst @dsernst.com · 14/12/202570k eligible voters: Every registered voter in the jurisdiction received mailed invitations with unique Voter Codes to auth themselves: could scan QR or visit website & type in code. + Provisional backup auth methods. 100
David Ernst @dsernst.com · 14/12/2025We just ran a vote for what is, afaik, the first American elected office decided majority-digital, open to all citizens. Results just announced: utahnewsdispatch.com/2025/12/12/utahs-forward-partys-first-of-its-kind-preference-poll-picks-a-winner-to-replace-sen-thatcher/ Interesting highlights ⬇️utahnewsdispatch.comUtah Forward Party’s first-of-its-kind preference poll picks a winner to replace Sen. Thatcher • Utah News DispatchThe Forward Party of Utah’s unprecedented midterm preference poll has picked a winner to replace outgoing Sen. Dan Thatcher, of West Valley City: Emily Buss, of Eagle Mountain. 111
David Ernst @dsernst.com · 02/12/2025We've been exploring DKG designs that can recover from these sorts of errors better too: docs.siv.org/research-in-... ( originally inspired by Helios! 🙌 )docs.siv.orgLower-Barrier Privacy Protectors Design · SIVHow to run a secure online election 120
