Reply #42: A few ideas...

[shiina]

Paper ballot marked with a stamp.
Proportional.
No electoral college.
National standards : for ballot-handling, counting, number of booths or machines per registered voter, etc.
Constitutional right to vote.
Same-day registration.
Publicly funded campaigns.
Air-time for all candidates.
Open debates.
Public, un"adjusted" exit polls to protect against fraud.
Every registered voter gets a letter explaining :
*where they should vote
*how to vote
*their rights
*what to do if something goes wrong
*what's on the ballot, etc.
A limit to the number of provisions allowed on the ballot.
Full transparency.
A government body to take calls from citizens with complaints and act on them immediately.
Right to vote for felons.
Enforcement of law that employers must give employees time off from work to vote.
Clear procedures for fraud charges.
etc, etc, etc...
There are lots of things that could be/needs to be changed. The system now is a total mess.