REMOTE VOTING?

It seems that every four years, when another presidential election rolls around, we ask ourselves: how did it get to this point? How did we get so divided? When did politics become so...unforgiving?

The truth is: I don’t have an answer, although I wish I could point fingers.

I also can’t pretend that there is a simple solution, though I wish I could snap my fingers and the blaring fissures we see in our political system would smooth over as though they’d never existed (and you have no idea how much I wish I could). 

Now, as the sanctity of the postal service has come into question, I find myself wondering how, today, in 2020, there is no option for some sort of remote voting (then again, I realize that most of our legislators were born in the stone age).

However, as we’ve seen with our prized technological inventions, even they aren’t infallible. Our elite can’t run unscathed from the prowess of young, scattered, and evasive hackers. Even if we wanted to entertain the possibility of a secure remote election, what are the odds it could work?

Wearables have the unique capacity to include authentication technology in order to protect the proposed security of our elections.

While Interlokit certainly doesn’t expect our patents to be the saving-grace of the future of American democracy (I mean, can you imagine the stress?), we do believe that our patents can help the world function better for its people when it comes to hidden wearable technology, human rights, bio markers and identity authentication.

Not in a hundred years have we had to face a pandemic that would call into question the country’s ability to safely administer our electoral processes. Although implementation of a remote election feels like something out of a science-fiction film (Blade Runner perhaps?), does that mean we should not strive for the possibility?

Couldn’t we, the people, create a remote voting system that is more secure, reliable, and cost effective than mailed or printed ballots?

At Interlokit, we believe that wearable technology could be an asset in ushering forth a new form of voting. We’ve learned that a good idea may seem difficult or next to impossible to invent and implement, but if you don’t try for a better future, you’ll never know if you could have been part of a positive change.