I don't claim to know a lot about blockchain, but from what little knowledge I have I see a potential problem: It is true a blockchain vote would be "auditable". I presume a "voter" has an ID and they can check that the blockchain correctly records their vote . . . but it seems like it would also enable someone else to verify what their vote was.
With a secret paper ballot, no one knows how you voted.
With a blockchain vote, someone could offer you cash for a vote, a person can give their blockchain address/ID to the "payer" and the payer could verify what the vote was before making the payment.
So, it seems blockchain voting opens the door to selling votes moreso than a secret paper ballot.@zer0hedge, I agree with the perspective "Don't vote, it only encourages them".
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