David Ernst
dsernst.com
David Ernst
@dsernst.com
Founder @ siv.org
- 11chooses.com : Official election website
- 11.siv.org/plan : Election plan & vote-related info
- utahforwardparty.org : Dedicated local organizers
- electionscience.org : Approval voting
December 14, 2025 at 6:10 AM
More links:

- Results: you can see all the anonymized votes here: siv.org/election/1764187291234

- And the digital ballot: 11.siv.org/preview
SIV: Election Status
siv.org
December 14, 2025 at 6:10 AM
Voter-verifiable results: voters can personally confirm their vote is correctly recorded in the results. Auditors can test against ballot stuffing or fake voters.
December 14, 2025 at 6:07 AM
Cryptographic privacy: 4-of-4 multiparty key + cryptographic shuffle to anonymize votes before they were tallied.
December 14, 2025 at 6:06 AM
Used Approval Voting: "Vote for *all* the options you approve of" - a spoiler-free, non-polarizing voting method (innovates upon RCV). On top of everything else, this alone is a serious historic win, as its first time being used to elect a state-level American government office.
December 14, 2025 at 6:06 AM
98% digital: Anyone could opt to vote in-person with paper, but only 1-out-of-50 chose to.
December 14, 2025 at 6:06 AM
70k eligible voters: Every registered voter in the jurisdiction received mailed invitations with unique Voter Codes to auth themselves: could scan QR or visit website & type in code. + Provisional backup auth methods.
December 14, 2025 at 6:06 AM
We've been exploring DKG designs that can recover from these sorts of errors better too:

docs.siv.org/research-in-...

( originally inspired by Helios! 🙌 )
Lower-Barrier Privacy Protectors Design · SIV
How to run a secure online election
docs.siv.org
December 2, 2025 at 4:07 AM
Safari’s great, quieter than chrome in all the best ways
May 9, 2023 at 8:06 PM