We need a Constitutional Amendment covering all federal office elections.
Registration closed 90 days before the election. Exceptions only with proof of recent address change. Registrations in person with verification of US citizenship and photo ID. Mail in allowed only for serving military.
No early voting. “Mail in” for serving military ONLY. Failure to provide military ballots to the DOD 60 days prior to election shall result in $1000 fine per ballot per day.
Uniform ballot design nationwide. Provisional ballots must be available at polling place.
Absentee ballots must be on hand at local polling station at the time of closing to be eligible. Unverifiable absentee ballots to be considered “spoiled”.
Photo ID required to vote. Must have cast ballot or be in line at the time the polls close. Paper ballots only, hand counted in front of witnesses by election judges at the polling station beginning the moment the polls close or the last voter in line casts a ballot. Ballots to be tallied and sealed into a single box with the formal count attached inside and out. All ballots of all types to be placed in box. Tally to include counted ballots, number of spoiled ballots and number of provisional ballots. Totals to be reported to Sec State office via phone.
Boxes to be transported to local collection points by at least two election judges from opposing parties. Boxes to be sealed into a single locked and monitored room.
Boxes to be opened ONLY if the total number of provisional ballots exceeds the margin of victory or in the event of a lawful recount.
We are a nation under attack by two uncompromising ideologies that in a sane world would be complementary and not even attempt to work alone. Combined, by counting registered voters, they’re just a bit over 50%, so there’s still a lot of input missing to have a fully functional government that serves everyone in the republic.
Unless, of course, you voted by mail, where ballots still sit undelivered in USPS facilities, or by absentee, where they sit waiting in police vans and storage facilities, and the rest are in a large warehouse with only 8 counting machines for over 700,000 ballots in Broward County alone. By Thursday.
I laugh every time I read Andylit’s post “Paper ballots only, hand counted in front of witnesses by election judges at the polling station”. The paper ballots are electronically read because it is not logical to expect hand-counts of ballots in every polling place.
The rest of Andy’s list looks to increase voter suppression. There are many reasons for mail-in ballots and early voting. As an election judge I vote early in case I don’t have time on election day.
Me too, in the infamous and proud Broward county, where Ds rule! And fart in the general direction of Scott, DeSantis and of course our dear POtuS and his rabies riddled poor dog Bolton…
MDMom over 5 years ago
. . . sadly in Florida, it happened again. :’(
Darsan54 Premium Member over 5 years ago
Again – the problem isn’t government, but government run by Republicans.
Andylit Premium Member over 5 years ago
We need a Constitutional Amendment covering all federal office elections.
Registration closed 90 days before the election. Exceptions only with proof of recent address change. Registrations in person with verification of US citizenship and photo ID. Mail in allowed only for serving military.
No early voting. “Mail in” for serving military ONLY. Failure to provide military ballots to the DOD 60 days prior to election shall result in $1000 fine per ballot per day.
Uniform ballot design nationwide. Provisional ballots must be available at polling place.
Absentee ballots must be on hand at local polling station at the time of closing to be eligible. Unverifiable absentee ballots to be considered “spoiled”.
Photo ID required to vote. Must have cast ballot or be in line at the time the polls close. Paper ballots only, hand counted in front of witnesses by election judges at the polling station beginning the moment the polls close or the last voter in line casts a ballot. Ballots to be tallied and sealed into a single box with the formal count attached inside and out. All ballots of all types to be placed in box. Tally to include counted ballots, number of spoiled ballots and number of provisional ballots. Totals to be reported to Sec State office via phone.
Boxes to be transported to local collection points by at least two election judges from opposing parties. Boxes to be sealed into a single locked and monitored room.
Boxes to be opened ONLY if the total number of provisional ballots exceeds the margin of victory or in the event of a lawful recount.
superposition over 5 years ago
We are a nation under attack by two uncompromising ideologies that in a sane world would be complementary and not even attempt to work alone. Combined, by counting registered voters, they’re just a bit over 50%, so there’s still a lot of input missing to have a fully functional government that serves everyone in the republic.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sortition
https://www.technologyreview.com/s/423251/why-randomly-selected-politicians-would-improve-democracy/
Or is a good government not wanted in this nation?
Stephen Runnels Premium Member over 5 years ago
Unless, of course, you voted by mail, where ballots still sit undelivered in USPS facilities, or by absentee, where they sit waiting in police vans and storage facilities, and the rest are in a large warehouse with only 8 counting machines for over 700,000 ballots in Broward County alone. By Thursday.
Nantucket Premium Member over 5 years ago
I laugh every time I read Andylit’s post “Paper ballots only, hand counted in front of witnesses by election judges at the polling station”. The paper ballots are electronically read because it is not logical to expect hand-counts of ballots in every polling place.
The rest of Andy’s list looks to increase voter suppression. There are many reasons for mail-in ballots and early voting. As an election judge I vote early in case I don’t have time on election day.
onzerocs over 5 years ago
Me too, in the infamous and proud Broward county, where Ds rule! And fart in the general direction of Scott, DeSantis and of course our dear POtuS and his rabies riddled poor dog Bolton…
braindead Premium Member over 5 years ago
These are YOUR GUYS, Gorrell.
You know, the ones who claim that counting votes is stealing elections.
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BTW, whatever happened to that national emergency?
You know that The Caravan thingy?