It would provide physical ballot security, but also a way for voters to confirm their vote was recorded, and recorded correctly -- but without revealing their actual votes.
However, we really can't do anything about vote fraud -- because the places where it is worst are happy with the flaws, and would never voluntarily adopt more secure methods.
I think we need federal legislation that says: for federal elections (House, Senate, President), this is what you shall do. You can do whatever you want for your own elections.
It might require a Constitutional amendment. But, it needs to be done.
It is not enough to have a good system of ID. We need strong, nationwide laws protecting Poll Watchers.
I was a Poll Watcher in Early Voting. The Election Judge would not allow me to stand behind the Clerk checking voter IDs to see if they matched the book. He said that this would be “intimidation”.
So, the dim activists came in and claimed to be someone else. The Clerk KNEW the activist personally and allowed them to impersonate the voter.
This is a favorite method for massive vote fraud now.
Poll Watchers in national elections MUST have the right to observe everything in the Polling Place as well as how ballots and computers are handled after the election.
A crypto hash could be generated from a file containing the following:
- date of vote
- location code of the polling station
- ballot number
- list each vote (ballot issue 1, ballot issue 2, etc)
When the person votes, the hash would be generated and given to the voter. State would then have a web page that would allow the person to enter their hash code. If the hash code is found, their votes have been counted.