U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Ideas

Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Americans will be afraid to go to the voting booths for the primaries and general election. As such, states will need to prepare for an influx of absentee and vote-by-mail ballots. processing and verifying these ballots is going to be a monstrous task, especially for states and counties that typically receive very little absentee ballots. With automatic signature verification of ballots, counties... more »

Election integrity is crucial and cannot be jeopardized by a mail in vote which invites fraud and phony ballots and the harvesting of ineligible ballots. Security if the system also depends heavily on voter ID requirements that confirm only lawful US citizens vote This further safeguards our system against fraud, phony voters, allowing illegal immigrants to vote and persons who should be purged from state voter rolls... more »

Blockchain voting is taking the current process of voting in an election and bringing that process entirely online to make it easier, secure, and cost effective for everyone involved.
The voter would download and install the app on their phones and from there, have their identity and picture verified by an Identity Verifier, which would be approved by the organization hosting the election ahead of time. Once their identity... more »

At all polling stations, there should be one Republican, one Democrat and one Independent monitor to check each ballot to make sure it has no errors and is counted correctly. No ballot can be considered valid which has not be reviewed by the panel of three. In this way, there will be no disputes about ballots as the three must be in agreement. All three must also check voter's I.D.

There must be a database set up so each person can only caste one ballot. There is nothing that prevents a person from using his address to caste a ballot in his/her precinct and using his friend's address to cast a ballot in another precinct. Example: I live in Auburn, Washington. I use my Auburn address to register to vote in Auburn. I caste a ballot in the Auburn precinct. I have a friend in Kent, Washington. I register... more »