In New York, special elections do not include typical primaries, with party nominees picked by party officials rather than the larger voting pool. (gothamgazette.com)
A stock also may or may not allow you to vote on company business; you may hear about companies buying 20 % or 30 % «interests» in other companies; they own that percentage of the company, and their vote on company matters is given that same weight in the total voting pool. (money.stackexchange.com)
The level of trust in the bitcoin bank can already be mitigated a bit by using something like Blockstream's Liquid or an Open Transactions voting pool. (bitcoinmagazine.com)