Election integrity will still be a problem.

 NUMBER ONE ISSUE AFTER THE ELECTION SHOULD BE ELECTION INTEGRITY

WITHOUT TRUST THERE CAN BE NO HEALING

While it the general consensus that the republicans will have a strong showing this mid-term election, do not be surprised if there is not a lot of accusations of voter fraud. If you have a system that lends itself to be abused, it will be abused. Any system that is not trusted by a large percentage of Americans will be a thorn in the side of healing the country. 

Elections are not complicated, nor are they difficult to conduct. We have run elections for over 200 years and until recently we have a good record of trust in elections.

This all began with the hanging chad debacle in Florida in 2000 election. It was obvious that the cards that where being pierced, were being stacked up with more than 1 ballot. Many got greedy and stacked up more ballots than they could physically pierce, thereby leaving ballots not cleanly pierced or just dents in the ballots. After weeks of debating how to count these ballots, the court stepped in and declared enough and ended the debate.

Then came the nationwide push for better election  machines. Millions of dollars in spending on electronic machines that many doubted could be trusted. New machines every few years, still not trusted. Machines that could be connected to the internet, counting done in massive election centers, all more opportunity for distrust. 

Then came massive mail-in ballots, drop boxes and special envelopes etc. etc. etc. 

Voting is simple, a paper ballots dropped into a secure box. Many districts with around 2000 registered voters in each district.  Counting done on sight with representatives of all parties. Results in 24 hours or less. An auditable system that we can all trust. One vote for 1 citizen. A clean registration system that is updated every 2 years. We can do it, and if this country is to survive it is the first step in healing the nation.