[Political Junkie Too]

Last November, I posted outsourcing election tallying to the credit card companies.

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Here is a high-tech solution.

Let a company like Visa or MasterCard manage the elections.

The process would go like this:

1. Citizen registers to vote.
2. County processes the voter registration.
3. Credit card company sends a voter card to the citizen. The voter's PIN is sent in a separate mailing within 90 days of the next election. This card is a permanent voter registration until such time as the voter leaves the jurisdiction or dies.
4. For each election:
   • For in-person voting:
     1. The voter checks in and swipes their voter card into the reader. They enter their PIN.
     2. If the PIN is accepted, the voter signs the precinct log book and receives a local voting sheet, computer code, or whatever device is used to vote. The PIN is marked as used.
     3. The voter proceeds to vote.
   • For absentee/mail-in voting:
     1. The voter completes the absentee/mail-in ballot and signs the ballot. The voter also writes their voter card number and PIN on the ballot.
     2. The voter seals the ballot in a return envelope and signs the envelope.
     3. The voter mails in the ballot or drops it in a ballot box.
     4. The ballot is received by the county and entered into the tabulation system. The PIN is marked as used.
5. The voter receives a confirmation notice that their ballot was processed. This could be either via text message, automated phone call, or direct mail based on the voter's designation when registering.
6. The credit card company tabulates the ballots immediately, using the same technology that processes billions of credit card transactions each day.
7. Election results are published within two hours after the polls close in a state. The credit card company nullifies all the PIN numbers.
8. Ninety days prior to the next election, the credit card company resets all the PINs to new numbers and mails the new PINs to voter for use in the next election.

This should make it very difficult harvest ballots, since PIN numbers can't be made up or reused. The voter will know if their absentee/mail-in ballot was processed or not based on whether the PIN was used or not.

The technology exists to do this now.

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-PJ

[Liz]

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[Made In The USA]

Fascinating concept. We use technology in far more complex ways each day, this problem could solved. There could be methods attached to ensure security and audit. A wise entrepreneur would make this happen, assuming the desire to to actually fix the problem is there.

It’s clear the use of current technology (dominion) is not secure. I hope the judge in this case agrees.

[taxcontrol]

I agree that the technology already exists for a secure election. What is missing is the backbone / will in the state legislatures to implement a secure voting system.

A few minor changes to this specific proposal:

Pins must be 8 characters

Voter rolls are locked the day after the new president is inaugurated and all voters must re-register.

No mail in ballots without a signed request for a ballot and a legal (ie under penalty of perjury) statement claiming a voting disability (out of the country, shut in, military service, etc.)

[ProtectOurFreedom]

Good plan, but won’t the government know how you voted and harass, persecute and destroy you as they see fit? Or grant you all sorts of new benefits if you voted the “right” way?