It's Not That Hard to Secure Elections: Here's How

Five Simple Steps That Even Worked in Afghanistan and Iraq

by Rod D. Martin
August 8, 2018

More and more Democrats -- herded into it by their own Russia hysteria -- are calling for ballot security. Oh the irony.

So here's a primer, for those who've been opposed to these things lo these many years (while benefiting from its absence):

1. Paper ballots. They can't be hacked electronically, and all the ways to cheat with them are well understood and easily policed.

2. Photo IDs. Simple, because everyone has to have one for virtually everything anyway, and they prevent people from pretending to be someone they're not.

3. Pre-election voter registration. Democrats claim this "suppresses the vote", but even if that were true, it's a small price to pay. If the last day to register is several weeks before the election, rather than the election day registration Democrats support, there's no way to overwhelm harried, busy election officials on Election Day with fake voters, and there's plenty of time to make sure people are who they say they are.

4. Elections …