MortMan you make an excellent point. Americans deserve better candidates as well as the right to have their votes counted accurately.
Exactly - but the worst problem we have is "the dog who doesn't bark." How are we to select the best nominee for the general election, when that person isn't on the ballot? Not only Fred Thompson, but also Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour - and how many excellent private executives such as Herman Cain, should also be considered.Equally troublesome, even with a comprehensive list of highly competent Repubicans there is no principled way of determining the best one from a simple ballot. What we need is a way of selecting delegates to the RNC convention who will faithfully represent the Republican Party - and a process of negotiation at that convention which will select a candidate who is broadly acceptable to the party and able to rally it to the polls.
For that matter, perhaps some form of Internet haggling would be conceivable wherein the Republican Party could assemble virtually and interact through some sort of a bidding system to home in on an acceptable candidate. A single ballot simply is wholly inadequate for selecting among multiple candidates.
It’s true that there should be improvements to the way candidates are selected and put on the ballots, but no matter how much better that gets, the potential for the will of the voters to be thwarted via the electronics remains, and must be addressed if representation is to be restored to the people of the USA.