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Rjnerd Donating Member (351 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-16-04 02:37 AM
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2. Adding the signature takes away the secret ballot
Something always of value.

But you have the right idea - paper, with multi-party chain of custody. You can use machine counts of the paper, with limits. The limit is that you have to spot check a randomly chosen percentage to make gaming the scanners difficult. (always the case, even with hand counting). The results have to be posted in public at a point as close as possible to the spot where the initial count took place, so that anyone can take their adding machine, and do a hand tally. No counting on results from a modem connected central tabulator.

To appease those that accuse (with minimal evidence) us of encouraging vote early, vote often, take a tip from the club scene/third world, and stamp hands with a non-washable dye. This will make "day of" registration much harder to game, and thus less objectionable.

Other structural changes: Establish hard limits on number of voters per polling location (or at least number of voting stations/checkin stations per 100 voters). 8 hour waits are an insult. Selective 8 hour waits are doubly so.. Anyone in a supervisory position in the election process cannot be affiliated with the campaign committie of anyone on a ballot they supervise. You want to be in charge of Ohio voting, then if you want to work for a campaign, let it be Penna governor, just something not on any of your ballots.

Oh yea, get rid of things like felon exclusion, except for those currently confined. If you have paid your debt to society, you get to rejoin it, and that means voting. I might be convinced to exclude those currently on parole, but that makes it too easy to punt the eligible. (if you must punt current parolee's, it should take a fingerprint match to remove you from the rolls, a name or birthdate aren't sufficient)

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