Just a thought..

[kimmerspixelated]

What if there was an emergency law put into place mandating all election officials-period-from the greeters to the last computer geek that has ANYTHING to do with counting, go through a lie detection test? Or is that a really dumb idea with too much red tape?

[SmokingJacket]

1. How about just making the whole process totally transparent?

Obviously, the actual voting needs to be private, but the whole counting of the votes ought to be public.

I'm an election worker, and we do everything in bipartisan teams -- if we have to help a person vote, one person from each party needs to go to do it. Of course, we don't have touch screen machines, which would totally hide everything.

I don't know if we have the resources for lie detectors!

[lapfog_1]

2. Why can't we vote with paper ballots

Not touch screens, no "paper trail" that will most likely never be looked at, no punch cards, no tabulators.

Simple paper ballots, mark the box for each issue/candidate.

Have three election officials hand tabulate each ballot, with representatives from each party present to watch.
Save the ballots if a recount is requested.
Take as long as it takes (maybe a day or two at most).
No early results posted until all ballots, including absentee ballots, are counted.

News orgs can still use polling data to do whatever they want, but MUST say that their "calls" are not official.