  Electronic voting consistently fails to supplant conventional paper ballot
due to a plethora of security shortcomings. Not only are traditional voting
methods mediocre in terms of convenience and interface, they also encompass
principal-agent problem, where the state may have vested interest in the
outcome of the ballot. Electronic voting protocol using cryptography to deliver
in zero trust environments is long overdue. Here I propose using Proof of Work
algorithm at user devices in combination with other well-known security
primitives to build a zero-trust voting system. The state would only issue
single-use voting authorizations to its citizens, while zero trust design would
allow conducting elections by an open-source platform with enhanced
observability. It is also hypothesized that the heighten availability of
plebiscite by means of the proposed design may ultimately change the way our
society participates in the policy making.
