A global concern over the use of AI exists regarding the extent to which it can be deployed to undermine democracy by electing candidates that incumbent governments want. The government can then commission the coding of a public blockchain network alongside that data. Blockchain is a distributed and decentralised ledger technology that chronologically and publicly records all transactions in a network. Sierra Leone conducted a blockchain-based voting system in March 2018, becoming the first country to try the technology to deliver democracy. Last Monday, a university in Nigeria conducted an online mock election on blockchain, and the results were 100 per cent accurate.

Source: Daily Nation January 17, 2020 20:48 UTC