Balloting

Tuesday December 20, 2005 - 12:19PM EDT

Seems like every time there is an election someone calls fraud. Maybe I'm just paying attention to it more, maybe the press is paying attention to fraud calls more? I don't know. All I know is that I don't think I've ever heard of a major national election being run recently and covered by the press that didn't have some kind of fraud accusation. Is it related to the U.S.'s presidental election disputes back in 2000. After witnessing that and looking at how some voting is handled it was apparant that current voting standards are pathetic. Because of the nature of secret ballot voting everything is shrouded in secrecy and it is damaging to a fair vote in some cases. It comes down to trusting whether your vote was counted. I like my numbering system I detailed way back in a post. Preserves the secret and allows the voters a way to verify votes. I still see holes even in the number system and ways that people can lose trust. But I think it is worth a shot nonetheless. Or just screw secret ballots and make video balloting. Everyone usually tells who they voted for anyway.