Votenandi
Vote your leader digitally through our app
Can digital voting actually meet national election security requirements? Yes—when it’s built on End-to-End Verifiability (E2EV) and zero-trust cryptography.
Here is how Votenandi handles government-level requirements:
End-to-End Encryption: Ballots are cryptographically sealed directly on the voter's device before transmission.
True Secret Ballot: Identity verification (hardware biometrics + MFA) is completely separated from the encrypted vote payload using zero-knowledge architecture.
Hardware-Backed Security: Uses device-level secure elements (FIDO2/WebAuthn) to stop phishing, botnets, and credential attacks.
Independent Auditability: Every voter receives a unique cryptographic tracking receipt, allowing independent verification that every vote was recorded and counted correctly without revealing ballot choices.
We built the core architecture around national zero-trust standards from day one: https://vote-nandi-52012-2310.bolt.host
Hey Indie Hackers,
Like many of you, I noticed a system that was severely broken and decided to build a software fix rather than just complain about it.
The Problem: A 20% Disenfranchisement Rate
Over 4 million overseas US military members and expats rely on UOCAVA absentee voting. The problem? Over 21% of these ballots are rejected or lost entirely, mostly due to international postal delays, signature variances on paper envelopes, and missed county deadlines.
The current alternatives aren't much better: legacy web portals or unencrypted PDF email submissions that compromise ballot secrecy and invite security risks.
The Solution: Votenandi
I built Votenandi—a mobile-first digital voting platform that turns a 3-week mailing ordeal into a 2-minute secure process.
Here is how the core flow works:
Device-Native Biometrics: Voters authenticate via Face ID/Touch ID + MFA.
Dynamic Precinct Ballots: Pulls the exact localized ballot based on legal residence.
Device-Side Cryptographic Sealing: Votes are encrypted directly on the user's device using zero-knowledge principles before submission (decoupling voter identity from the ballot choice).
Audit Receipt: The voter receives a unique cryptographic tracking code to verify their vote was received and tallied.
How I Built It
As a solo founder, speed and execution velocity were everything. I leveraged AI-native "vibe coding" workflows to go from concept to a fully functional interactive prototype in under 60 days.
Frontend/UI: Interactive Web Sandbox
Security Layer: Hardware-backed biometrics + end-to-end cryptographic payload sealing
Target Markets: Starting with university Student Government Associations (SGAs) and local campus elections for rapid feedback loops before expanding to broader civic use cases.
Live Demo & Feedback
You can test out our interactive sandbox prototype here: https://vote-nandi-52012-2310.bolt.host
I'd love to hear your feedback:
How would you approach sales outreach when pitching security-sensitive tech to non-technical institutional buyers?
Any recommendations on refining the zero-knowledge audit UX so it feels intuitive to non-technical voters?
Appreciate any thoughts or feedback!
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Starting with campus elections creates an interesting gap between where you're validating Votenandi and where you ultimately want it to operate.
The product may work in both environments, but the evidence each environment gives you won't necessarily mean the same thing.
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You hit the nail on the head regarding the gap in validation signals.
Campus elections give us rapid feedback on voter experience, UI friction, and execution velocity,but they definitely don't validate institutional trust or military grade threat compliance for county clerks.
Our strategy is to treat campus pilots as our operational sandbox to refine voter interaction and build early revenue, while building the core architecture to Federal and VSSC (Voting System Standards) specifications from day one.
The goal isn't to claim a university SGA win equals government readiness, but rather to prove operational reliability while we navigate the longer compliance and sales pipeline required for UOCAVA/civic markets.
How would you recommend structuring our initial milestones to better align campus proof-points with what institutional election buyers actually look for?
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I appreciate you explaining the distinction.
I’d be interested in continuing the conversation outside the thread. What’s the best email to reach you on?
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Thanks for reaching out! You can reach me directly at ijayvarshan@gmail..com. I can't post links yet, So I added double dots between gmail and com.Looking forward to connecting.
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