Given the Democrats’ wet-dream of 100% mail-in voting I’m wondering if there is a way to prevent ballot stuffing while still keeping who you voted for a secret.
Here’s an idea. Every voter has a social security number and a date of birth, right? So compute HMAC(SSN+DOB+Secret1)=QR using a one-way Hash-based Message Authentication Code [HMAC]. Secret1 is randomly generated by the election bureau for each ballot. Print it as a scannable QR code on the ballot (think TicketMaster).
This gives each ballot a unique QR such that no two ballots with different SSNs and birthdates are the same, preventing duplication. The voter can later confirm that his/her ballet was indeed counted by entering in their SSN + DOB at the election registrar’s website to check.
The other problem is vote tampering. Using the same basic system the voter can verify on the registrar’s website to confirm who they voted for. When the ballot is received the registrar scans the QR and computes HMAC(QR+MyVote+Secret2), where Secret2 is known only to the registrar. Do this for each political office on the ballot. The voter can then go to the website and enter their personal info to confirm that the vote was counted correctly.
You can strengthen the privacy of the system by using something like two-factor authentication where a second entity (not the registrar) counter-signs each QR with Secret3.
This system guarantees privacy, prevents ballot duplication, and detects vote tampering. Or is it too easy?
Nothing makes the Democrats cry foul faster than outdoing them at their own game. Place a bounty on anyone caught ballot harvesting. Like $50 per ballot in their possession or delivered to a poling station (minumum $500). Make it a Felony that requires cash restitution of the bounty paid to catch them + $1000.
If you see someone picking up ballots mailed to people who no longer live at your address or are asked by someone to help you fill out your ballot, or otherwise tampers with your ballot, report them for BIG CASH!!!
Meanwhile, instead of door knockers and all of the wasted effort phone banking.. we need to do our own perfectly leagal harvesting, big time.
Then they will say, never mind!
Your system sounds really good to me. Well thought out too.
The only thing is to convince the deep blue state governors to adopt it. After all their aim is NOT to stop fraud. Their aim is to carry out the maximum fraud they can get away with.
I think the Trump campaign, the GOP and the GOP election committees in the House and the Senate should set up a high powered body to come up with Ideas and legal strategies to stop or at least reduce to a minimum, voter fraud in November. The future of the Republic is at stake.
This should be done NOW, including filing lawsuits everywhere when needed.
Waiting till November won’t do any good.
Send that to Trump.