Disabled voters in Utah County will be able to use their smartphones to vote in the November municipal election, an expansion ofan earlier pilot testof the blockchain-based technology and anothert step toward allowing all voters to cast ballots with a mobile device.The county, which has more than a half million residents, is the third in the United States to partner with Tusk Philanthropies, a non-profit focused on expanding mobile voting nationally.
The latest pilot is a collaboration between the Utah County Elections Division, Tusk Philanthropies, the National Cybersecurity Center and Boston-based voting app developer Voatz.