Good ideas, but paper ballots can be messed with. And if the Counting Board has corrupt workers, that’s a problem, too. I think the only way to guarantee honest elections is to change the hearts of the citizens so that they’d rather do the right thing than aim for the corrupt.
I handled elections in a large city for a few years, and served on the state’s election boards It was all computerized, and the Data Processing Review Board worked for months before an election to assure that the ballots were counted correctly. Every board involved in an election had extreme checks and balances to assure things were on the up-and-up. That was 30 years ago. I’d be interested in returning to observe now to see how/if things have changed. Obviously, things are worse everywhere.
” Good ideas, but paper ballots can be messed with. “
True, but unlikely if you never let them out of sight.
The corruption this year is already worse than any time in history.