bilo wrote:
"I know a lot needs to be done, but setting a strict standard for federal elections should be near the top of the list. End the 3 week early voting, mail in ballots and eliminate all the machines other than paper ballot tabulators."
I've been posting about election reform for some time now, so I agree.
But...
You don't go far enough.
The "strict standards" should be imposed on ALL elections, federal, state, municipal, county... from the dog catcher "on up".
Remember "the broken window theory" regarding crime and preventing it?
If you don't clean up the small elections, the corruption will grow upwards.
EDIT:
The Founders' decision to leave elections "to the states" was a great mistake. Of course, from their point in time, it made sense, because they believed that those who governed would continue to think and behave as they did. History has proven otherwise.
