Of Voting and Elections, Things That Must Be Done Now
POSTED BY: 6IXSTRINGJACK
UPDATED: Wednesday, November 16, 2016 03:13
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Now is the time to finally put a few things to bed. These are voting issues that plague us every election to one degree or another. I, for one, am getting sick of hearing about these every 4 years, and truth be told I don't feel that everything is fair, or at least I never walk away from an election with certainty that things weren't fixed on at least some level.
Two of these issues I feel very strongly that I have good solutions for, the last one, I admit that I'm at a loss. I simply do not have the knowledge necessary to come up with a plan, although I do admit I believe the system is flawed and needs to be revised.
In no particular order of importance they are as follows:
1. Verifying, once and for all, if there was any notable voter fraud in the 2016 election so we can all stop bitching about it.
2. Ensuring that voter fraud would be all but impossible in future elections.
3. Deciding what to do about the Electoral College.
(Oh, and BTW, I do not view Democrats busing people to polling places as any type of fraud so long as they are legitimate voters. There is no reason why Republicans can't put out that same effort once the other issues are cleared up.)
1. Voter Fraud / Election Fraud:
There is a very simple way to do this, although it will take a couple of steps and will likely cost some money.
First Step: Create two, and possibly even three teams of people to investigate this issue (Dems, Repubs, Independents). When the results are tabulated by each of the teams, they can then be viewed by the other teams, as well as available to the public for transparency.
Individuals and who they voted for would not be made available to the public or to the teams investigating, as doing so would violate one of our basic individual rights. Because of this, we could never get a 100% certain voter accountability, but with the steps outlined below we would know within a very close range how much, if any voter fraud took place.
Second Step: Compare the database of registered voters to social security numbers in the database. Then compare this database to the voters that came out and voted. Any vote that was counted that does not have a social security number behind it is thrown out.
Third Step: Use the Postal Mover File Database to remove any votes from social security numbers of people who have moved and do not currently reside where the vote took place.
Fourth Step: Merge the Social Security "Death File", and purge any votes that were made by people who are actually dead.
This will no doubt cost a little money to do, and it will take a little bit of time, but I believe with the division we see today it is money well spent. We need to have faith again as Americans that the vote is actually not being rigged.
2. Preventing Future Voter Fraud:
Immediately send out Voter ID cards to anyone who remain on the Voter Registration lists AFTER the database purges mentioned above have been completed to the satisfaction of all parties. Anyone who registers to vote in the future and has a valid SS# will then receive one of these cards as well.
Allow anybody at any time to print out a new one on the spot off of the internet. If somebody happens to be homeless, they can go to their local DMV at any time and request one, so long as they can prove they are who they say they are.
These cards will not have a SS# printed on them, but they will have a barcode that once scanned, can not be used again in the current election anywhere else, so it doesn't matter if somebody prints 100 of them.
Make State ID's free to the public. Only charge money for Drivers Licenses. This way anyone can get a legal photo ID to vote with at zero cost to them, even if they do not drive for whatever reason.
Require the Voter ID and the State ID/Drivers License when you go to vote.
This has to remain fair to everyone so nobody can claim that this is a means to single out minorities or poor people.
Any able bodied American wh
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