Agora Vote Online Voting Platform
Simple
Create a vote by yourself, instantly, without having to contact our team.
Secure
Secure, private and verifiable with the latest improvements in cryptography.
Online
In person or virtual meeting, vote from anywhere in the world.
Security
Agora Vote achieves secure online voting by leveraging the latest advancements in cryptography, like zero-knowledge-proof (ZKP) and Homomorphic Encryption (HE) made available through the ElectionGuard Software Development Kit.
End-to-End Verifiability (E2E Verifiability)
End-to-End Verifiability in secure online voting means that the entire voting process — from vote casting to tallying — is verifiable by independent observers and voters, without requiring trust in the system's components (servers, software, or election officials). It ensures that the vote is:
1. Cast-as-Intended
The voter can confirm that their vote reflects their true choice.
2. Recorded-as-Cast
The voter can verify that their vote was received and recorded correctly by the system.
3. Tallied-as-Recorded
Anyone can verify that all recorded votes were correctly counted.
Although pen-and-paper voting is not end-to-end verifiable, online voting should be.
The singular challenge with online voting is therefore to achieve both verifiability and confidentiality.
This is possible using latest advancement in cryptography, most significantly:
• Homomorphic ElGamal encryption of votes.
• Homomorphic tallying of votes.
• Zero Knowledge Proof of correctness for votes and tally.
Agora Vote's code is open source and auditable.
With this architecture, secure online voting is achieved not by preventing all attacks, but by making any attack detectable by anyone.
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Vision
Democracy
Democracy is the equal distribution-or decentralization-of power. Its purest form is direct democracy. However, holding referendums on every decision is demanding. At scale, it becomes inefficient physically move people and information so that everyone can be informed, deliberate, and vote on each issue. Consequently, power is often delegated-centralized in the hands of politicians, away from citizens, and in the hands of owners, away from workers and other stakeholders.
The Iron Law of Oligarchy
This concentration of power contradicts the fundamental definition of democracy. We believe this democratic deficiency lies at the root of many societal issues. Its most consequential manifestation is the corruption of the political class by the ownership class-a dynamic that would not exist in the absence of both classes. The iron law of oligarchy describes this trade-off between democracy and efficiency, making oligarchy appear inevitable as governance scales. Information technologies offer a solution to this very problem.
Information Technologies and Democracy
Digital tools now make it possible to scale democratic participation without incurring prohibitive material costs. Without civic technologies, stakeholders must either meet physically or delegate their power to a small group. With civic technologies, more participatory and democratic forms of governance become possible.
Agora Vote: A Tool for Political Change
Agora Vote aims to enable all aspects of governance in the most efficient, democratic and participatory way possible. We hope that organizations will use our platform to democratize their governance and bring power closer to their stakeholders.
More Than Voting
Democracy is a conversation. The free flow of information and the open exchange of ideas are essential components of democratic governance. This is why Agora Vote is designed not only as a voting platform but also as a social media space that promotes inclusive, equal, and open discourse-supported by cutting-edge, secure online voting as a core feature.
Liquid Democracy
Recognizing that delegation is often necessary to scale governance, liquid democracy offers a hybrid model that combines the efficiency of representative governance with the legitimacy of direct democracy. Liquid democracy aims to provide the most legitimate form of representation, where members remain the primary holders of power:
• Delegation is optional and always revocable; members can vote directly at any time.
• Anyone can serve as a delegate.
• Delegation is issue-specific (ex: health, budget, communications).
• Delegates and members are functionally identical, with the only difference being their voting power.
This model dissolves the undemocratic divide between decision-making delegates and passive members while allowing the efficiency of delegation. Such a system is only feasible through digital technologies. Agora Vote aspires to make liquid democratic governance a reality in the near future.
