[–] [deleted] 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Ballots need to be number, and location sequenced and can only be used at the assigned polling place. Must have name and time the voter was verified as registered and presented a valid picture ID that matches the information on the registration. Ballot can only be scanned by the machine which is designated for the same location as the ballot is designated. Ballot scanners at the polling place need to time, location and sequence stamp ballots entered. Ballot, not in the machine, not within time limit, not proper location, no vote! No provisional ballots period. You register proper and take responsibility for showing up at the proper polling place. Any bank or person who forecloses on a polling place the night before the election and locks up the building with the voting equipment inside will be prosecuted for grand theft and tampering with an election. (Arizona)
The only thing that matters is who COUNTS the votes. Especially in a paper based system.
This is why I advocate the blockchain. Distributed, encrypted (parts), transparent (parts) so that it can't be changed or manipulated and you can verify that your vote counts the same way it did when you cast it.
You can produce a 'count' of the votes from any computer with internet access. If any of the counts from any computers are off, something is wrong.
You can't change part of the votes - because then your blockchain wouldn't match all the others. You'd be found to be tampering...we could go with a paper backup if we wanted, but I think we should just vote again if there's a problem.
The only challenge I see is: voter identification, but this could be changed. You'd have to go to a recognized location, such as we do now, they would verify your ID and you would set a passcode of your choosing into the blockchain on your vote record. Then, you could go anywhere and using your passcode, cast your vote to any blockchain. Which would propagate to all the other blockchains. Your vote can't be tampered with because a record can't be modified. This is how the blockchain works.
There are problems with that idea. What about assisted living and nursing homes, hospital patients, US citizens living overseas, and the list goes on and on.
And I'm not entirely against the kind of early voting where you have to go to the polling place to fill our a ballot like on election day, but I am against early voting more than a week from the elections simply because something dramatic could happen that can impact the voting. I am against general mail in voting as it too is a major cause of voter fraud.
There is a reason that Democrats are so opposed to voter fraud laws and voter IDs and it has nothing to do with suppressing the vote.
We keep pushing for voter id (and I agree it's a huge step), but we also need to link up the systems to clean the voter rolls of all the dead people. And, guess what... all the damn Liberal states like California are issuing drivers licenses to the illegals. And, implementing motor voter to register voters at DMV... accidentally registering them to vote. All they need is an address and an ID and they can register to vote.... NEED CHECKS FOR ACTUAL CITIZENSHIP or voter id won't matter.
[–] 15029938? 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Agreed. Still need to account for military/elderly/very ill - but the idea is solid.