Thoughts on voting.

GratisNet: "Regarding touch screen voting, optical scan reader voting and the ease with which the tabulations could be/have been gamed. Why not enact the National Voting Act which would stipulate that on National Election Day the only items on the ballot shall be those candidates running for federal office? Such an act would also mandate that paper ballots be used and that only manual tabulations shall be legal and binding.

Think of it, the ballot would have, at most, three choices, that of President/Vice-President, Representative and, for 1/3 of the states, Senator. So much for complicated ballots. The tabulation could be completed, even with some 100 million ballots, in less than a day so there would be no assignments of victory before polls close in every state. Would it really hurt the nation to have to wait 24 hours to learn who won the election, especially knowing that paper ballots and manual tabulations would ensure that all the votes were counted?

The only people who would oppose such a National Voting Act would be those who would, and have in my opinion, subverted the vote counting in order to lead America down the path of tyranny and despotism."