1. Voter ID Must have current address if you just move in.
2. Voter registration ends 7 days before election.
3. Small voting precincts. I suggest the elementary school your address is associated with.
4. Simple pre-numbered notebook with exactly the number of registered voters. Voters sign after voting. The last voter signs his/her name, followed by the words ‘last voter’, time signed, and initialed. xxx’s put thru any numbers not used.
5. After the polls close, the number of the last voter is transmitted to the election headquarters.
6. Paper ballots. The choices are circled. Much harder to erase an entire circle without leaving evidence.
7. Counting is done locally. All votes added up must match that last voter number.
8. Precinct totals collected in a pre-determined, but random order, unknown to the precincts. This prevents precincts who always seem to be “last” and always have “issues”
9. No vote totals released until all votes in the state are counted.
10. Person requesting mail-in ballot, checked against voting rolls. Must have been in the system for at least 60 days.
11. Mail in ballots envelopes must be notarized, but for free. Some sort of system for the state to pay for the notary. Notarized ballots were a required in some places around the country in the past. Voter paid for the notary. I think they stopped this because it was considered a poll tax.
12. Ballots kept separate by precinct for 2.5 years.
oops.. Forgot. Purple fingers!!
Very well thought out. I suggest a few changes
Registration 3 months before election. The separation is the key, 3 months disadvantages no one.
Paper ballots, the most vital component. They are reviewable, a perminate record,
Count by hand or counting machines not connected to the internet. Pick up the damn phone to report totals.
Voter ID with picture a must.
Election day is one day. No absentee no mail in. Senate and House vote in person only.
Voter rolls purged every 10 years.
Voter rolls linked to the census. This is where you live at this particular time, so this is your voting precinct.