I recognize the U.S. Constitution may make some of the following impossible, but if the law allowed and I could have my whole wish list, here are some things I would wish for:
1. Establish a national voter registration system, where each voter has a unique ID (maybe tied to SSM) which somehow would flag as ineligible voters who try to register in more than one state or jurisdiction.
2. Proof of U.S. citizenship required to register to vote, each voter issued a National Photo Voter ID with their voter ID number at no charge to the voter.
3. National Voter PHOTO ID required to vote. National Voter ID automatically deactivated upon report of death to the Social Security Administration.
4. A requirement that every state, territory, and Washington D.C. will clean voter rolls every 4 years in the 6-12 months prior to US general election to be completed NO LATER THAN Primary Election voting beginning.
5. Automatic loss of voting privileges for 5 or more years to person or persons convicted of voter fraud, depending on the magnitude of the infraction, as little as 5 years, to loss for life for major election fraudsters.
5. Automatic permanent and swift deportation for foreign nationals convicted of voting where ineligible.
6. Make Election Day an national holiday.
7. Require all mail in ballots to be postmarked no less than 5 full business days before Election Day and to be received no later than poll closure on Election Day. All late received votes, except for those cast by U.S. Diplomat and Military people stationed abroad, shall be considered invalid.
8. Require early voting availability in all states and territories for exactly two weeks, ending on the Sunday immediately preceding Election Day.
9. Early voting and absentee/mail in ballots received by the Sunday immediately preceding Election Day to be counted prior to 6 p.m. on Monday, Election Day eve.
10. No open primaries. To vote in a party's Primary Election, one must be registered as a member of the party.
11. Expand Motor Voter to include easy or automatic registration for every new employment W-4 form completion, military enlistment, Selective Service Draft registration, property tax payment, passport application, and for Social Security number, Social Security Benefit, and Medicare signup applications. Make it harder to NOT register than to register.
One person, one vote. There's no excuse for us not making our elections more secure.
Flush all voter registration after the post-election dust has settled. Everyone then has 1 year before the next election to register.
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Hard to argue with that!
DeleteAs a Canadian living in USA, I could agree with most of your points except maybe loss of life and #11. Wouldn't automatic registration like that defeat the purpose of voter I.D.
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