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PROJECT RECIPE / No. 03

Digital Election

A way to hold a "digital election" online in which only membership-NFT holders can run and vote. A new way to build relationships in which local residents and fans take part in planning and running projects.

TIME
~60 min
Initial setup
LEVEL
★★☆
Membership NFT needed in advance
PLAN
Free
Some NFTs are paid
SCALE
Up to thousands
Large-scale ready
#voting #governance #relationship-population #digital-citizens #community
01 — For Whom

Who this is for

01
Want to make community decisions

Run decision-making online that only members, citizens or fans can take part in, while preventing impersonation.

02
Want to grow your "relationship population"

Through the concrete act of voting, you can give people inside and outside the region a chance to take part in your community.

03
Want to visualize fan enthusiasm

If you distribute NFTs based on how active fans are, the most enthusiastic fans can cast more votes. "Voting rights based on activity" make contributions to the community visible.

02 — Materials

Materials

2 ITEMS / ALL OPTIONAL
A PNG / JPG

Membership NFT image (serves as voting rights)

The visual for the membership NFT (such as a digital citizen card) that qualifies holders to run and vote. You can also reuse an existing NFT collection.

Recommended: 340 × 340 px or larger
B PNG / JPG

Voting participation / supporter badge image

An item image to give to people who voted or who supported a specific candidate. You can also prepare a different item for each candidate.

Recommended: 340 × 340 px or larger
03 — Steps

How to build

7 STEPS / ~61 min

Log in to T&T and complete the "Basic settings" and "Collection settings". From here, you will set up the "membership NFT" that serves as voting rights and the "voting events".

01

Register the participation NFT

In the admin screen, open "Token Issuance" and click "New". Select "Simple" and "Delivery URL", then proceed to the detailed settings. On the next screen, upload material A, the "membership NFT image that serves as voting rights", configure the settings and click "Save changes". You can then issue the token.

20 min Admin Material A needed
02

Check the delivery URL in the token list

You can find the NFT you created under "Token List" in the admin screen. Get its delivery URL or QR code there, and use it to distribute, transfer or sell the membership NFT.

5 min Admin
03

Create a voting event for each candidate

Once the candidates are confirmed, create a voting event for each one. In the admin screen, go to "Events → New" and enter the candidate, policy or other option people will vote for.

20 min Admin
04

Set check-in restrictions

After creating the event, set check-in restrictions so that only people who hold the membership NFT can vote. Find the option "Holds at least one token", check it and save your changes.

5 min
05

Set the voting participation item image

Set the item image to give to people who voted or who supported a specific candidate. In the admin screen, go to "Items → New", choose "Belongings" as the item type and upload the image from material B.

5 min Admin Material B needed
06

Distribute the voting participation item

Reopen the event page you created in Step 3 and configure "Reward item settings". Select the image you uploaded in Step 5 and click "Save changes".

5 min Admin
07

Announce and vote

Once you publish the voting event pages, membership-NFT holders can vote. It is convenient to download all the voting event URLs at once as a CSV.

1 min Publish
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04 — FAQ

FAQ

4 ITEMS
Q.01 Doesn't this conflict with the Public Offices Election Act?
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This recipe is intended for decision-making within communities or fan bases and for symbolic voting projects. It is not a substitute for statutory elections under the Public Offices Election Act. Even when used for municipal city promotion, clearly state that it is "an event in a virtual space, not an election under the Public Offices Election Act".
Q.02 How can we prevent voting fraud?
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By making membership-NFT ownership a requirement for voting, you can ensure one vote per account. You can also prevent multiple voting by combining check-in restrictions, time limits and more.
Q.03 Can voting results be published in real time?
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You can check vote counts in real time in the admin screen and elsewhere. The number of votes (check-ins) is also public, so participants can see it too.
Q.04 Can we start without a membership NFT yet?
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Yes. You can issue a membership NFT on T&T first, or reuse an existing NFT collection (such as hometown tax thank-you gifts or fan club membership cards) as the voting qualification.
05 — Case Study

Digital Sanjo Mayoral Election 2025

Holders of "Tsubame-Sanjo Guardians of the Artisans", an NFT officially recognized by Sanjo City in Niigata Prefecture, were designated "digital citizens", and Japan's first digital mayoral election was held. Everything from candidacy and a public debate to voting was completed in a metaverse space and on Discord.

Digital Sanjo Mayoral Election 2025

A first in Japan,
digital citizens choose their "mayor"

Candidacy ran from December 1 to 5, 2025, a public debate was held in a metaverse space on December 20, and voting took place on a Discord server from December 21 to

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  1. For one year, the elected digital mayor holds the right to plan projects for the digital citizen DAO, the right to decide the nickname of Virtual SANJO, and decision-making rights over space production.
Organizer
Sanjo City, Niigata Prefecture / Tsubame-Sanjo Guardians of the Artisans PJ
Industry
Local government / City promotion
Scale
1,200+ digital citizen card NFTs
Elements
Membership NFT issuance and ownership verification, voting, participation badge distribution
1,200 +
Eligible voters (NFT holders)
5 people
Candidates
Japan's first
Digital mayoral election
06 — Voices

User voices

"
「Taking advantage of the uniqueness and reliability of NFTs, we found it convenient not only for preventing fraud such as multiple voting, but also for tallying the results smoothly.」
Kenta Nakamura
Chief, Downtown Revitalization Promotion Unit, Regional Management Division, Sanjo City
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