There are claims of fraud nearly every time there is a major election. The greatest problem is that almost all methods of voting provide the opportunity for fraud in voting and for fraud in recounts.
There is a better way.
There is a method to:
2) Provide almost foolproof auditing of the vote to prove any specific vote was counted correctly.
3) Enable any citizen to audit and count the votes.
2) Every citizen is given a unique random ticket number that corresponds to their vote (the ticket is optional on voter request).
3) Every vote is posted on Internet, in the county clerk's office, and in public libraries, and they are available on computer media at cost.
4) Every individual vote is available with the corresponding voter ticket number so every voter can audit his own vote to ensure it was recorded properly.
5) Computer programs in voting machines will be published and available for audit by anyone. (They are held secret today, so the public cannot know if they are honest.)
6) Phone lines (and any other communications equipment) will not be allowed to be attached to voting machines during the time of voting.
Don't believe anyone who says:
Many computer programs are free, and many computer programmers would be willing to write these programs for free.
2) Too expensive.
Many precincts already use computers. They just need to be re-programmed with public programs.
2) Phone lines are attached during voting so that problems with the machines can be repaired from a central office. This also allows the opportunity to tamper with the votes remotely.
3) No voter can ever go back to find out if his votes were properly registered and counted.
If you agree with the proposed concept and know how to get the concept into place, please contact the author. Also, please forward this idea to the broadest audience possible.
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