Shaping the Future of Trustworthy Elections – Our Collaboration with Edinburgh Napier University
- DC Marketing Team
- Oct 23
- 2 min read
At Democracy Counts, we’ve always believed that the future of democracy depends on trust — and that trust depends on technology that’s both transparent and secure.
That’s why we’re proud to be working in collaboration with Edinburgh Napier University and Innovate UK on a research and development project exploring new ways to strengthen the integrity, security, and verification of the election process.
This exciting partnership focuses on what the election office of the future could look like — perhaps five to ten years from now — and how emerging technologies can improve the end-to-end voting and verification process.
In this short video, our CEO Simon Verdon explains more about the project, the thinking behind it, and what makes this work so promising:
🎥 Watch Simon’s insight below:
“We’ve been really excited to work with Napier and Innovate UK, because they've really helped in supporting our ideas about the future of the election process and the election office…”
Simon highlights how current technologies such as blockchain have helped us think differently about transparency and auditing — but also where they fall short when applied to secure voting.
By collaborating with cryptography experts at Edinburgh Napier University, we’re exploring advanced alternatives such as homomorphic encryption and zero-proof technologies, which could allow citizens to verify their participation with minimal data sharing, while maintaining complete confidence in the integrity of the process.
The goal?
To design solutions that keep citizen data safe, make voting processes fully auditable, and ensure that only the right people take part — without compromising on privacy or efficiency.
This research has the potential to influence everything from electoral registration and identity assurance to the possibility of secure online voting in the future.
At Democracy Counts, we’re committed to pushing the boundaries of what’s possible — blending technology, innovation, and trust to help shape the next generation of democratic systems.
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