AffixIO Ballot Pass: one-time PQC voting with zero PII

Q: What is AffixIO Ballot Pass?

Ballot Pass is a live AffixIO demo of one-time remote ballots. You select a terminal option, drag a freshly generated AffixIO QR to confirm identity without PII, and cast once with gate consume plus optional ML-DSA-65 attestation.

Q: How does post-quantum cryptography appear in this demo?

AffixIO production attestation uses ML-DSA-65, the Module-Lattice-Based Digital Signature Algorithm standardised in NIST FIPS 204 (formerly CRYSTALS-Dilithium). Ballot Pass surfaces that PQC attestation on eligibility and cast receipts.

Q: Does Ballot Pass collect personal data?

No. The public identifier is subject_ref. The QR is an AffixIO link carrier generated on page load. Names, emails, phone numbers and documents are not requested.

Q: Which open-source components are used?

@affix-io/sdk-light for renderQrSvg, AffixIO open API carriers and gate verify, Wikimedia Pageviews for topic demand, and GOV.UK Content API pages for electoral context. Cryptography references NIST FIPS 204.

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Ballot Pass

One-time remote ballots with post-quantum attestation. Select a terminal option, drag a freshly generated AffixIO QR to confirm identity with zero PII, then cast once. Gate consume and a nullifier stop a second vote. Receipts can carry ML-DSA-65 (NIST FIPS 204).

Open live demo Machine-readable brief NIST FIPS 204

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What is Ballot Pass?

An AffixIO interactive demo of privacy-preserving one-time ballots: terminal voting boxes, AffixIO QR drag identity, gate consume, and PQC attestation.

Where is the PQC?

AffixIO attests hashed decisions with ML-DSA-65, the Module-Lattice-Based Digital Signature Algorithm in NIST FIPS 204 (CRYSTALS-Dilithium lineage).

Is any PII required?

No. The wire identifier is subject_ref. The QR is an AffixIO link carrier from @affix-io/sdk-light renderQrSvg, generated on page load.

Is this an official election?

No. It is a synthetic member-consultation demo. UK public elections remain a separate legal process overseen by the Electoral Commission.

Why one-time ballots collide with cryptography

Remote voting is still a contested engineering problem. Systems must prove eligibility, prevent double voting, keep ballots secret, and leave an audit trail. Classical public-key schemes that protect those receipts today are the same family NIST expects organisations to migrate away from as quantum capability grows.

Research prototypes now combine Dilithium-style signatures with zero-knowledge eligibility checks and nullifiers. Ballot Pass shows the AffixIO shape of that stack for member consultations: local eligibility, QR presentment, one-time consume, and ML-DSA-65 attestation, without turning the page into a PII collection form.

ML-DSA-65 attestation

Production AffixIO attestation uses ML-DSA-65 under NIST FIPS 204. The demo exposes that algorithm on eligibility and cast receipts.

Zero PII identity

Identity presentment is a short-lived AffixIO link QR. Operators see subject_ref, not a name. Same privacy boundary as Edge Audit.

One-time consume

AffixIO gate verify, mode consume
Nullifier derived from proof digest
Second cast returns conflict

Search demand around PQC voting topics

Seven-day English Wikipedia pageviews for electronic voting, post-quantum cryptography, Dilithium, zero-knowledge proofs and end-to-end auditable voting, plus live GOV.UK electoral pages.

Sources: Wikimedia Pageviews, GOV.UK Content API, NIST FIPS 204, NCSC PQC guidance.

Live terminal ballot

Select a terminal option, then drag the AffixIO QR onto the drop zone. Each QR admits exactly one vote. Keyboard users can use Confirm identity after selecting an option.

Issuing AffixIO ballot session and QR

affixio@ballot-pass PQC · ML-DSA-65 · zero PII

waiting for session…

Open sources this page leans on

Copy and figures stay grounded in public standards and open APIs rather than invented authority.

NIST FIPS 204 Module-Lattice-Based Digital Signature Standard (ML-DSA).
Scientific Reports (2026) Dilithium authentication with zero-knowledge eligibility in e-voting research.
PQKryvos (IACR ePrint 2026/1004) post-quantum secure e-voting with flexible ballots and tally-hiding.
NCSC next steps for preparing for post-quantum cryptography.
@affix-io/sdk-light renderQrSvg for AffixIO QR presentment.
Wikimedia Pageviews and GOV.UK Content API for live context panels.

Questions

What is AffixIO Ballot Pass?

A live AffixIO demo of one-time remote ballots. Select a terminal option, drag a freshly generated AffixIO QR to confirm identity without PII, and cast once with gate consume plus optional ML-DSA-65 attestation.

How does post-quantum cryptography appear in this demo?

AffixIO production attestation uses ML-DSA-65, standardised in NIST FIPS 204 (formerly CRYSTALS-Dilithium). Ballot Pass surfaces that PQC attestation on eligibility and cast receipts.

Does Ballot Pass collect personal data?

No. The public identifier is subject_ref. The QR is an AffixIO link carrier generated on page load. Names, emails, phone numbers and documents are not requested.

How is double voting stopped?

AffixIO gate verify runs in consume mode against the proof digest, and Ballot Pass records a nullifier derived from that digest. A second cast on the same proof is rejected.

Is this an official UK election system?

No. It is a synthetic technical demo for member consultations and AGM-style ballots. It is not an Electoral Commission process and does not replace paper elections.

Which open-source components are used?

@affix-io/sdk-light for renderQrSvg, AffixIO carriers and gate verify, Wikimedia Pageviews, and the GOV.UK Content API. Cryptography references NIST FIPS 204.