TrueVote review
A focused open-source voting platform with mobile apps and audit-oriented design.
Reviewed by iTechGuides Editors · Editorial team · Updated Oct 2026
TrueVote is an open-source electronic voting platform for private and public elections. It is aimed at organizations exploring mobile voting, configurable ballots, voter eligibility controls, and verifiable election records. Voter accounts can use jurisdiction and registration status to determine eligibility, while the Election Administration Portal supports creating and maintaining elections and ballots. The product was founded in 2021 and is released under the MIT license.
Its standout capability is the separation of voter identity from ballot records. TrueVote also supports two-factor authentication, anonymous ballots, downloadable non-user-identifiable election data, and audit trails. Election data is designed to be hashed into the Bitcoin blockchain, providing tamper evidence for election records. Multilingual support and mobile voting applications broaden its reach, while the administration portal gives election organizers a central workspace for ballot and election management.
TrueVote is a strong fit for experimental deployments that value open-source software, mobile access, identity-ballot separation, and audit-oriented data handling. It is less suitable for organizations seeking a mature, broadly deployed election platform with established registration-database connections or a wide set of documented platform and ballot-method options. The published roadmap describes broader election deployment and registration-database integrations as future phases, so buyers should align their requirements with the product’s current focus on core voting workflows and verifiable records.
TrueVote pros and cons
- Where it wins
- Separates voter identity from ballot records for anonymous voting.
- Hashes election data into the Bitcoin blockchain for tamper evidence.
- Offers downloadable, non-user-identifiable data for audits and reporting.
- Where it doesn't
- Broader election deployment is described as a future phase.
- Registration-database integrations are planned for future phases.
- Its scope centers on voting rather than a wider election-services suite.
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