Right_in_Virginia asks:
"Why can't we return to voting on election day? What will it take?"
Complete agreement.
Every "improvement" to the voting laws since the 1950's has done nothing but undermine the integrity of the system.
My suggestions (in no particular order):
NO voting other than on election day, at the prescribed polling stations.
NO exceptions.
NO "provisional voting" of ANY kind. One must show up to register at least 4-6 months in advance of election day, presenting the proper credentials for verification (and there should BE "verification"). "Discriminatory"? YES, and HOPEFULLY SO.
NO "motor voter" registration. See above.
NO absentee ballots UNLESS a need can be proven for one. I will grant that to invalids who can't get to the polls, and to servicemen away from home. THAT'S ALL. If you want your vote to count, show up at the polls on election day. If you won't, too bad.
NO fully-electronic voting. Votes must be "recorded on paper" via a paper ballot (can be read by a machine once completed). The recording machine should issue a receipt to the voter (if desired), showing the choices made.
NO mail in voting (see above, voting on election day ONLY).
NO early voting (see above, voting on election day ONLY).
NO tabulation and announcement of votes (by the Secretary of State or by other officials) until ALL PRECINCTS AND DISTRICTS have submitted their official tallies to the central office. This way, no "Broward County" can know how many "extra votes" they need to manufacture to throw the election. If this means that the winner of the election will not be known for a day or two AFTER the polls close, so be it. I'll live with that, to make vote fraud more difficult to accomplish.
Finally -- NO laws that guarantee any special "voting rights" to ANY ethnic group.
Nothing.
Everyone gets the same treatment, everywhere.
How's that?