[Publius]

Use a biometric with PIN system.

If you're suggesting that we all get "chipped" to be allowed to vote (or to be allowed to engage in commerce), then I would have to disagree. (And I'm an atheist, no less.)

I would prefer showing a picture ID to prove I'm the person who is appearing to vote. And I'd abolish absentee voting entirely, along with this business of provisional ballots.

[ProudVet77]

Wasn't thinking of a chip, rather a retina scan. I'd say fingerprints too but I don't trust the government having fingerprints of everyone on file. A retina scan isn't really any more obtrusive than a picture ID, and would not be open to human interpretation. How many peoples drivers license looks like them? The retinal scan acts like the magnetic strip on your ATM card, and the pin is a number you own like the PIN for your ATM card