Fair elections

Whatever the cost, before the next election, all voting machines in the country must be changed to be more reliable, they must be required to have a paper trail of all votes cast, maintain a record of all votes rather than just totals and the voter should get a certified copy of their own vote printed for them.

It is too easy to control the votes with electronic voting machines. The tests aren’t good enough and the security isn’t good enough. The modern electronic machines are insecure by design.

For example:
Add a program to the machine that adjusts votes so that one party wins by a set margin no matter what votes are cast
This program is only active on the day of the election while the polls are open
Before election day all tests are valid
After the polls close the program deletes itself
You pick the winner – not the voters

This is not difficult to do. Every year stealing an election becomes easier and easier. Machines can be hacked, pre-programmed, altered wirelessly, totals corrupted and votes made meaningless. The paper trail, the security and the accountability of the people doing the counting all need massive improvement in every voting district in the nation.

Our voting machines must be made accurate, secure and easy to validate.

This should be done immediately whatever the cost, because the cost of not doing this could be too great.