How to vote

The user flow for the voter is as follows. It assumes the user has a wallet on the Concordium blockchain with some CCD, enough to pay for transaction fees.

For CryptoX Concordium Wallet, Concordium Wallet for Web, Concordium Wallet for Mobile and CryptoX Concordium Wallet wallet holders

Note that Concordium Wallet for Mobile users with Android 14 might experience a technical bug preventing them from connecting to the voting dApp. They can import their account into the Concordium Wallet for Web or the CryptoX Concordium Wallet with their seed phrase, and vote from those wallets.

1. Navigate to the voting dApp.

2. The voting dApp presents a list of candidates. Each candidate has a small graphic and a link to a description of their choice. The image below is only an example.

   

3. When the election is open, the user selects zero or more candidates for which they want to vote and selects Submit. They can vote multiple times.

4. The user is asked to connect the wallet to the voting dApp and send the update transaction to the smart contract. The voting weight that is shown is the average number of CCD in the account that is voting during the past three months.

   

The voting dApp also has a separate page where the user can see the list of all their (encrypted) ballot submissions.

Voting from multiple accounts

Since the votes are weighted by the number of CCD on the account, for a user to vote with their full weight they need to vote from all their accounts. For CryptoX Concordium Wallet and Concordium Wallet for Mobile wallet holders, it is sufficient to disconnect and reconnect: the user is then given the choice to connect with a different account. With the Concordium Wallet for Web, disconnecting and connecting again will always reconnect with the same account. To change accounts, follow the instructions here below.

Concordium Wallet for Web

1. In the wallet, click connected next to the account address. If you have an account open that is not connected, the button will say not connected instead. Clicking this is fine as well.

   

2. This opens the Allowlist menu, where the user can check every account that is allowed to connect to the dApp.

   

3. Return to the main wallet window with the arrow or cross.

4. Select the account in the wallet which should connect to the voting dApp.

5. Disconnect and reconnect in the voting dApp. The user will now be connected to the account that is open in the wallet.

6. Repeat the two last steps above to vote with all accounts.

For Desktop wallet, Concordium Legacy Wallet and Concordium Client wallet holders

These older wallets do not have the capability to connect to dApps. But you do have an option to exercise your vote.

Desktop wallet

Users need to create a new account in Concordium Wallet for Web or CryptoX Concordium Wallet and delegate their vote from their Desktop wallet account(s) to the new account, then vote from the new account. You can create the new account in Concordium Wallet for Web or CryptoX Concordium Wallet at any time before delegating your vote. But the memo transaction, which effectively delegates the vote, and the vote from the new account both need to take place within the official voting window.

To delegate your vote:

1. In the account from which you want to vote, click Send.

2. Enter any amount of CCD (1 micro-CCD is enough). The target account in Concordium Wallet for Web or CryptoX Concordium Wallet is the recipient (in the image below the recipient account has been added to the address book and named My vote delegation). Add a transaction memo that says delegatevote2024.

   

3. Continue with the transaction by signing it using your LEDGER device as with all other transactions.

   

4. It is possible to check from the Voting DApp that the delegation worked. The window for delegating votes is the same as voting with the DApp.

Concordium Legacy Wallet

Concordium Legacy Wallet users are recommended to migrate to the CryptoX Concordium Wallet, as this is actively maintained and supports walletconnect, which is required to interact with dApps such as the application used for voting in the election. The CryptoX Concordium Wallet can be installed for either Android or iOS.

Note

For more information on how to create a backup in the Concordium Legacy Wallet and import this into a compatible wallet, see backup and restore

1. Backup your wallet data in in your Concordium Legacy Wallet. This creates an export file with all the identities and accounts in your wallet.

2. If you haven’t already done so, download CryptoX Concordium Wallet for either Android or iOS.

3. Import the backup created in step 1 into CryptoX Concordium Wallet.

Alternative route

Alternatively, users need to create a new account in Concordium Wallet for Web or CryptoX Concordium Wallet, and delegate their vote from their Concordium Legacy Wallet account(s) to the new account, then vote from the new account. You can create the new account in Concordium Wallet for Web or CryptoX Concordium Wallet at any time before delegating your vote. But the memo transaction, which effectively delegates the vote, and the vote from the new account both need to take place within the official voting window.

1. Tap Send on the account to delegate from.

2. Enter any amount of CCD (1 micro-CCD is enough). Enter the recipient address which is the target account in Concordium Wallet for Web or CryptoX Concordium Wallet. You can paste the address after copying it, scan the QR code of the account, or select it from the address book. In Optional: Add memo add a memo that says delegatevote2024. Tap Send amount.

   

3. Tap Send funds.

   

4. Tap Finish.

   

5. It is possible to check from the Voting DApp that the delegation worked. The window for delegating votes is the same as voting with the DApp.

Concordium Client

Users need to create a new account in Concordium Wallet for Web or CryptoX Concordium Wallet and delegate their vote from their Concordium Client wallet account(s) to the new account, then vote from the new account. You can create the new account in Concordium Wallet for Web or CryptoX Concordium Wallet at any time before delegating your vote. But the memo transaction, which effectively delegates the vote, and the vote from the new account both need to take place within the official voting window.

To delegate your vote:

$concordium-client --secure --grpc-ip grpc.mainnet.concordium.software transaction send --amount AMOUNT --receiver A --sender B --memo delegatevote2024

1. Enter the command above in the Concordium Client, where AMOUNT is the number of CCD to be sent (1 micro-CCD is enough), A is the name/address of the account to which the vote is delegated, and B is the sender name/address. Note the memo delegatevote2024 for the delegation to be valid. Furthermore, there is no service license agreement for the grpc endpoint.

2. Vote from the account that has received the delegation.

How to see delegations

It is possible to see delegations to an account in the voting dApp. Anyone can check the delegations on an account. You do not need to connect a wallet to do this.

To see delegations, click Delegations. Enter or paste the Concordium account number for which you want to see all delegations.