How about a Voters' Revolution?

[MineralMan]

142. Did you follow the MN recounts?

They took a very long time. In Minnesota, in every election, a number of precincts are selected randomly and the paper ballots are counted and compared with the tally from the ballot reading machines. The precincts are chosen after the election in a random selection process.

Hand-counting ballots is not a practical solution, and election monitors to observe the process are not generally available in the numbers required for a thoroughly observe manual count.

I have been an election monitor in both hand-count and machine-count elections. Neither process is foolproof or devoid of opportunities for monkey-business. Minnesota's methods have proven themselves for some time. Again, I recommend that similar methods be used elsewhere, including the random precinct recounts in numbers high enough to provide a good sample. Automatic hand recounts should always be done in close elections closer than 1% difference between candidates. That's how we do it in Minnesota, and the results demonstrate the validity of our recount system. But such recounts take weeks in statewide elections, and often last beyond the date the winner is supposed to take office, as in Franken's case. The process was streamlined for the 2012 governor's election.

Here is the process for automatic review of elections in Minnesota:

http://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/hrd/issinfo/PostelectionReview.pdf