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To: jughandle

I don’t think so. But the best way to register people to vote to avoid ALL fraud is through fingerprints. Why is that racist? One vote a fingerprint. no felons, illegals or corpses allowed. Perhaps through fingerprints they can also log the individual’s vote. There HAS to be a better way......


12 posted on 10/25/2016 4:45:47 AM PDT by EnquiringMind
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To: EnquiringMind

And ONE, STANDARD method.


14 posted on 10/25/2016 4:47:56 AM PDT by EnquiringMind
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To: EnquiringMind

Or facial recognition through biometrics. On our last cruise, that’s how passengers were verified re-boarding the ship at ports.


90 posted on 10/25/2016 6:51:04 AM PDT by MayflowerMadam
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To: EnquiringMind

These are two separate issues.

1.) Making sure only those who are able to vote actually cast votes.

2.) Ensuring that the votes are counted in a way that reflects how they were cast.

For the first one, we need to set basic federal laws on who can vote. (legal citizens, non-felons, over 18 years old,etc...) Then the Secretary of State in the individual states (or similar position) is responsible for seeing that the law is followed. It is that simple. If there is a pattern of neglecting to enforce this, the Secretary of State should be held personally accountable, up to and including federal charges including jail time. Congress can also say that federal judges have no jurisdiction over state election rules. They are given this authority in Article 3 of the Constitution.

For the second one....You receive a random 10 digit number after you vote that you may physically write down on a piece of paper. You don’t get a printed receipt of this number and you can’t take a picture of it with your phone. The instant that you vote, your random number is publicly available online. After the polls close, the results of your ballot are made publicly available and are tied to this number. This way, you (nor anybody else) can prove that you cast your ballot the way you did. Anyone could go online, find a 10 digit number that voted a certain way and claim that is their personal voting receipt but they couldn’t prove it. You can be personally certain that if you copied the 10 digit number correctly, your ballot was legitimately counted.

While this idea isn’t foolproof, it is much better than the current system. You can atleast talk to your neighbors, friends, co-workers and other to verify that most people’s votes were counted o.k. You may still have people who either didn’t write their number down correctly or have sour grapes after their candidate loses and claim that the number online doesn’t accurately reflect how they voted. These will need to be investigated on a case by case basis to see if there is a pattern at certain poling locations or in certain states. You could setup a formal dispute process that would involve criminal consequences for lying.


116 posted on 10/25/2016 7:41:31 AM PDT by nitzy
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