Sequent Advances VoteSecure Protocol to Boost Election Transparency and Trust
Sequent becomes the first election technology provider to publicly implement the open-source VoteSecure SDK, aiming to restore confidence in democratic processes with cryptographically verifiable elections.
Sequent, a global leader in cryptographically secured digital election platforms, announced today that it has advanced the implementation of the VoteSecure open-source software development kit into its election technology platform. The move makes Sequent the first publicly declared election technology provider to integrate the VoteSecure framework, which is designed to enable end-to-end verifiable mobile voting.
The milestone arrives at a time of growing global concern over trust, transparency and confidence in electoral processes and democratic institutions. Governments, unions and other organizations conducting elections are facing declining confidence and increasing demand for greater transparency and verifiability. The VoteSecure protocol, combined with Sequent's existing cryptographic technologies, aims to address these concerns by producing cryptographically verifiable evidence at every critical step of the election process, from voter eligibility through ballot casting to the counting of results.
VoteSecure was developed by Free & Fair, a longtime voting technology research company, and released in November 2025 following 16 months of research aligned with the U.S. Vote Foundation’s “Future of Voting” report. The framework supports multi-factor authentication, biometric identity verification and air-gapped tabulation, where votes are tabulated only after being taken offline from the internet, with paper printouts generated to accompany traditional ballot channels.
“We are at an inflection point in democratic history. Voters are asking whether their voices truly count, and election administrators are asking how to prove it,” said Shai Bargil, CEO and Co-Founder of Sequent. “The VoteSecure protocol helps to answer both questions with mathematical certainty. Our implementation of the protocol represents an important advancement for election technology in the U.S. because it moves electoral processes closer toward open, independently auditable and cryptographically verifiable elections.”
Sequent’s platform, which has supported more than 330 elections and served over 9.2 million voters across North America, Europe and Asia, is built around transparency, cryptographic verifiability and publicly auditable election infrastructure. Unlike traditional “black box” election technologies that rely heavily on institutional trust, VoteSecure is based on publicly auditable cryptographic protocols and open-source transparency principles. The architecture incorporates threshold cryptography, verifiable shuffling and decryption techniques, zero-knowledge proofs and air-gapped tabulation environments to strengthen election integrity while maintaining voter privacy.
The framework also relies on Rigorous Digital Engineering (RDE), a formal model-based systems engineering methodology focused on analyzable specifications, formal verification and high-assurance software development practices commonly associated with critical infrastructure and national security systems.
“Election integrity can no longer rely solely on blind trust,” added Bargil. “Modern election systems today must provide verifiable evidence that votes were securely cast, accurately recorded and properly counted. Open standards and publicly auditable election infrastructure will play a major role in rebuilding confidence in democratic processes over the coming decade.”
The VoteSecure protocols are open source and publicly available for review, auditing and integration. More information can be found on the Sequent website and the original press release on NewMediaWire.