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We're pretty much on the same page...

Nully's modest proposal to end voter fraud:

Paper ballots (zeugma adds) with human readable marks. They may be computer generated, and/or computer counted, but there must be an audit trail of each vote. H/T zeugma
All systems using computerized counting must have open source software, two fully separate and independent companies provide redundant, crowd source vetted, software. Counting is done on two separate systems and cross-checked.
Manual counting and loading paper ballots into counting machines must be live streamed from multiple cameras, with interlocking fields of view, on independent connections.
Every ballot run through a machine scanner MUST have a date/time stamp applied at scanning, the scanner shall verify that no ballot is being counted twice. In the event of a recount, where a block of questionable ballots were run, those ballots can be sequestered and forensically evaluated for fraud, and identifying fingerprints and DNA evidence.
Purple fingers (needs something to prevent an absentee voter/early voter from re-voting at the poll, maybe blockchain, also maybe a mugshot showing the voter an the photo ID taken at sign in?) H/T for-q-clinton
Mandatory free on demand BIOMETRIC (iris scan, nobody ever left their irises at a crime scene!) photo voter ID card, with a database that instantly flags for arrest anyone seeking multiple IDs. Change of name or address? Simply have your old card voided when you apply for the new one.
No precinct reports their totals until ALL precincts report they have totals. This prevents the last-to-report precinct captains from knowing how much to fudge a report to give a win to their preferred candidate while maintaining some slight semblance of credibility.
Repeal Motor Voter.
End same-day registration where it exists, and allow ample time between registration and election for vetting of credentials of registrants.
Instantly deport any non-citizen who registers to vote. Permanently ban from re-entry any non-citizen who actually votes.
All voter rolls are automatically and completely purged ten days after the Presidential Inauguration. Reregistering to vote every four years is not an imposition, unless you are dead, of course! H/T The Chid
Put a little ⩍ next to the names of those registered voters with death certificates, and detain and put a 72 hour psychiatric hold on anyone claiming to be a dead person...
With the exception of absentee ballots, end early voting. Every voter deserves and has a responsibility to know the latest information before they cast their ballots. H/T WildHighlander57
Absentee ballots must be vetted and counted 10 days before the polling date, with the results secured and embargoed until close of polls the date of the vote. H/T octex

Mexico has voter ID cards required to vote, and when you vote, they punch a hole in your card to prevent multiple votes in the same election.

I don't know if you get a 10% discount after you've accumulated enough punched holes…

Of course, all this would only apply to Federal elections, for federal offices, as that is the legitimate concern of the federal government.

Let the states who have local authority use whatever system they wish to force the elections of their favorite sons and daughters to alderman, mayor or goobernor. They can do it the cheap way, by just following the federal rules for all voting, or they can have separate ballots for local and federal. Their call. It's a free country, ain't it?

Mandatory free on demand BIOMETRIC (iris scan, nobody ever left their irises at a crime scene!)

Please note that as a result of diabetic retinopathy, I have had surgery on my eyes and get multiple laser treatments and shots in my eyes.

I could not qualify for the CLEAR program at airports due to retinal changes, and wound up going through the TSA PreCheck program.

There are other biometric challenges to virtually all attempts at bio verification.

Maybe someone without fingerprints should be denied the right to vote - it's common for the mafia to burn them off - but there needs to be a middle ground short of a tattoo on the forehead or hand.