How to make elections fair, reliable, recountable, believable

[SoCalDem]

Edited..now with extra kucinichilicious crunchiness

[Marrah_G]

1. That is how we do it here

Edit: In Mass

[SoCalDem]

4. How HARD could it be to put ballots into NINE stacks

and then just COUNT THE DAMNED THINGS..

a chalkboard/dry-erase board to keep a running total, and then add the totals up to see if they match the total signed in voters..

That's ALL that's needed..

a 5th grader could do it :)

Surely we could find the money SOMEWHERE to hire some math teachers to come in and audit the votes ..:eyes:

we rely entirely too much on computers..

one caveat:.. once the totals are verified at each precinct, the totals ALL THREE should be uploaded to a public website so we can all review them

1. total registered
2. total signed in and recieving ballots
3. the count per candidate

[kenfrequed]

2. yup

Definitely keep kucinich off that ballot, it will definitely make for a better election.

Seriously though, you are right about pen and paper. I prefer a record that is harder to forge than a delete button.

[SoCalDem]

6. damn it.. I thought I forgot someone.. sorry Dennis

[kenfrequed]

16. It happens...

I guess the guy is sort of short. I expect he will stay in a bit longer...

I wish that all of the candidates got the lead up and intro that Hillary did, it would be a totally different election if the media spent 2 years talking about the Kucinich run on the white house.

[SoCalDem]

18. I did revise the pic..and added him.. with extra kucinichilicious crunchiness

:hi:

[kenfrequed]

19. thank you

I really do appreciate it.

[kenfrequed]

17. It happens...

I guess the guy is sort of short. I expect he will stay in a bit longer...

I wish that all of the candidates got the lead up and intro that Hillary did, it would be a totally different election if the media spent 2 years talking about the Kucinich run on the white house.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

3. my my full circle 4th rec

how low tech of us :thumbsup:

[Der Blaue Engel]

5. Oh, sure, but who is SHARPIE owned by?

:rofl:

[SoCalDem]

7. I forgot Dennis, so maybe he owns it

:rofl:

[Imagevision]

8. With Hillarys experience one would think this problem was solved years ago

[SoCalDem]

9. EIGHT UNBELIEVABLE YEARS AFTER 2K, and we still have not figured it out..

Perhaps we should import some Canadians to run our elections :)

[cascadiance]

10. Need to put in a write-in line as well...

... or someone will claim it as invalid. And of course instructions should be clear on how to mark it, so we don't get another "Donna Frye" outcome!

[SoCalDem]

11. Instructions should be posted inside each voting booth

and yes, write ins could be easily added..

even with the addition, the whole thing would fit on a 5x7 index card.. easy to scan or store for future reference..

[randr]

12. They count all the money every day

You would think they could count a few votes once every two years or so.

[SoCalDem]

13. Visa & MasterCard always seem to be able to count up what everyone owes them

and yet Enron elections are good enough for us :eyes:

[focusfan]

14. Why can`t everyone vote the same day in the primaries?

I guess that would stop the MSM from changing the outcome

[SoCalDem]

15. I propose regional primaries a month apart..

draw numbers for regional order..

each region has metro/rural/large media and easy travel access..

start in January and end in June..



or you could use time zones..