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Protect Progress, an affiliate of the cryptocurrency-backed Fairshake PAC, spent more than $1 million on media buys to support Democratic candidate James Walkinshaw.
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Voting is the process of gathering opinions of a mass of people about various questions and the necessity of performing various actions. Voting is an important part of a democracy, crucial to the election process, and for formalizing society’s opinion about various laws, events and processes. The honesty and transparency of voting is a subject for many fields of study and is very important for the protection of the legitimacy of holder of the vote. Voting on blockchain is one of the most promising implementations of technology into the voting process because of blockchains immunity to censorship and protection from being changed after the process. Online voting may implement blockchain to redistribute server functions between many peers and get rid of a central authority. Voting systems are also implemented into blockchains themselves, like in Ethereum, which has voting system for making decisions about the future of the platform.
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Zohran Mamdani defeated Andrew Cuomo in the Democratic primary for New York City’s mayoral election, but he’ll be competing in a field where digital assets could be an issue.
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Across Protocol founders are accused of manipulating DAO governance to funnel $23 million in tokens to their affiliated for-profit company, Risk Labs.
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Mayor Eric Adams criticized Andrew Cuomo’s approach to crypto as New York governor, as voters in the Democratic primary prepare to choose their candidate for the November election.
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Many polls and betting platforms favor Liberal Party candidate Mark Carney over the Conservative Party's Pierre Poilievre in the snap election for Canada's next prime inister.
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A new bill in New York proposes a blockchain study to explore securing voter records and election results, led by experts in voting and cybersecurity.
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Two special elections have the potential to narrow Republicans’ majority in the House of Representatives, but many experts suggested the races are a long shot for Democrats.
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With roughly eight months until a November election, a Stand With Crypto poll suggested that the organization’s New Jersey advocates could determine who will be the next governor.
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Sufficiently decentralized blockchain networks can help preserve sensitive data in a tamper-proof way and ensure election integrity.
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A recent Emerson College poll found that about 19% of US voters had used crypto, and most had a favorable opinion of President-elect Donald Trump.
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According to Rep. Wiley Nickel, Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris could have made a “really big error” not courting voters in favor of crypto earlier.
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Either Republicans or Democrats could have control of the House of Representatives in 2025, but a majority of lawmakers favoring crypto policies will still be in Congress.
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Contributions from Coinbase and statements from executives suggested that crypto companies were likely to keep pouring money into future US elections.
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Jeff Hurd and Scott Perry, both in favor of FIT21, won close elections against their Democratic rivals for House seats in Colorado and Pennsylvania.
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Ted Cruz, representing Texas in the US Senate since 2013, has received millions in support from the crypto industry but is still at risk of losing his seat to Colin Allred.
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