Election Reform

The safety check for any system is the use of paper ballots that can be recounted by hand. Hand counting the first time around would be great; a transparent ballot box, whether it is a local drop-off or whether it is filled by mail delivery, is a good idea, too.

Vote-by-mail is not a "cure" for election fraud; the only real cure for that is to eliminate the human characteristics that lead to cheating. It's simply a means to encourage more people to vote; to increase voter turnout. There are no issues with someone's name not being on a list at a polling place, with trying to rearrange schedules to be able to get to a polling place before it closes, or similar factors that are open to manipulation in traditional systems.

It seems to be working well here in Oregon.

http://www.american.edu/spa/cdem/upload/rsch_061505_gronke.pdf