Could blockchain technology make elections better?

Lecturer in Law, Dr Robert Herian, active in the Citizenship and Governance Strategic Research Area at the OU. Here he is to tell us about how new technologies could make elections better.

Robert Herian - Could blockchain technology improve our elections?

This is part of #justsociety - our new series of Facebook Live chats hosted by a number of our leading academics in business, law, arts and social sciences. View this chat on Facebook.

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