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"Magic Wand"

If I could wave my magic wand and have our next election implemented any way I wanted...

Step one, we'd have a national holiday. After all, we'd be celebrating the fact that we'd fixed 2020 and snatched our country back from the hands of the enemies of liberty.

Step two, I would invite everyone to participate without the use of a registration database. Instead, each voter would show up with proof of residence and ID, and a completed registration form. We'd keep the forms for building a new database after the election, that way the voter wouldn't have to complete one the next time.

After checking their ID and collecting their form, each voter would be issued a paper ballot, which they would complete and drop in a cardboard box with a slot in the top.

Step four, they would get a red-white-and-blue finger (instead of a purple one)

At the end of the day, the ballots would be taken from the box, split into piles, and volunteers would tally the votes. Each pile would be verified by multiple groups. With only a thousand people in a typical precinct, this wouldn't take long.

The tally sheets would be checked and double-checked, and when everything checked out, someone would call the results into the county clerk, where she would post them online for all to see.

All the materials, including the paper ballots, tally sheets, and video recordings of the room for the entire day would be put into a carboard box for posterity.

There would be so many people there all day (after all, it's a celebration), that there would be no need for "watchers" or video images of every ballot.

Democrats, Republicans, winners, losers... everyone would congratulate each other and shake hands. Then, there would be watermelon, hotdogs, and apple pie. Kinda late for baseball.