SAFEGUARD ELECTIONS? KEEP IT SIMPLE. RETURN TO PAPER BALLOTS.

THE KUHNS REPORT

LAS VEGAS - Hello America, and how is the world treating you?

A so-called expert panel from the National Academy of Sciences was formed to weigh-in on reforming the election system. I fear this panel will piddle around, take forever to reach a good consensus and come up with a  flimsy,  hollow report.

While they are doing this we get closer to  the Midterms and  the 2020 presidential election.

My two cents in this matter is a very simple solution in order to guarantee an election of safety, free from hacking and computer voter fraud.

First, I would  suggest that the nation go back to the PAPER BALLOT that was used  decades ago. Use a human and readable ballot. If this is done the voter ballot can be verified and used in any recounts.  A computer, electronically record of the vote cannot be verified like the paper ballot can.

People, technology is fine for many things, in many situations, but using  it for voting, casting ballots is not the place. It is a red flag to criminals that manipulation and fraud is the name of the game. The threat from all of these hostile foreign nations is not worth computer elections.

 Electronic/computer technology clearly is not the future of of the ballot box and the voting public.

Second, have the voter show identification at the polling place prior to entering the voting booth. This move will verify their registration as a voter and a citizen of the United States.  As an  additional measure the government  could authorize and mandate a thumb print be put  on the paper ballot. This move would guarantee that the person casting the vote on the ballot was indeed the person voting.

Why wait for some "expert" panel to come up with reams and reams of suggestions to  improve elections? My idea is simple and logical. It was a proven method of voting since the early 1900s. It worked. And, like the people say. "If it ain't broken, don't fix it.. Folks, I'm all in  to the return of paper ballots that can be tracked and verified.--And, that's my opinion. Make your own decisions. You decide.

BRADLEY W. KUHNS, Ph.D., O.M.D.
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Dr. Kuhns can be reached by email at:
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