The events that led up to the security breach of the Capitol building have been percolating for years. The American people do not trust the federal government. This is not a big shocker for anyone paying attention. For years politicians and bureaucrats have taken the august attitude that we work for them, instead of them working for us. There are a variety of reasons for this - but mainly, the American people are tired of being dismissed out of hand, being ridiculed, and having their opinions marginalized.
Whether real or imaginary - the specter of election fraud is very disconcerting to those that take their liberty serious. There are no real and tangible assurances from Secretary of States' across the country that show the election process being audited from stem to stern and making that information available. Instead of giving us proof of a fair election - time and again - they tell us to prove fraud. Many times fraud is almost impossible to prove because the data is either not available or has not been collected.
Secretary of States' around the country have for far too long proclaimed that there is no election fraud without providing substantive proof - they expect our trust. No, they demand our trust. After the events at the Capitol building many Republican are making some demands of their own.
At the Committee for a Better Ohio - we believe that Ohioans should have a choice between Premium and Standard Voting.
Standard voting means you will always have the ability to vote and it will never cost you a dime.
Premium voting equates to greater security, the ability to vote from home or remotely, and to be able to change your vote before polls close, and the ability to vote early. All of this will cost $5 per year ($50 for 10 years).
What we believe should happen.
STANDARD VOTING | PREMIUM VOTING | |
Early Voting 7 days in advance | X | _ |
Early Voting 30 days in advance | _ | X |
Biometric Information Collected | X | X |
Redundant Biometric Information Collected | _ | X |
Ability to Change your vote up until polls close | _ | X |
Ability to vote remotely from a smart device | _ | X |
Rewards up to $1,000 for identifying voter fraud | X | _ |
Rewards up to $10,000 for identifying voter fraud | _ | X |
Ability to see realtime vote totals for candidates and issues | _ | X |
Unique identifying phrase option | - | X |
We believe that absentee ballot voting should be eliminated for all but our military personnel, in favor of Premium voting. Premium voting is free for those older than 65 years of age and older.
Premium voting allows you to vote from anywhere you can connect a smart device to the internet. You can vote with a compatible phone or computer. With standard voting, you are stuck with voting at a polling location.
Premium voting allows you to vote 30 days in advance of election day and allows you to change your ballot before polls close. With standard voting, you cannot change your vote once it is cast. You may only vote in person up to 7 days before Election Day.
With Standard Voting, you must re-register every 4 years. With Premium Voting, you only need to register every 10 years.
Premium voting and Standard voting would require identification by biometric means and premium voting has additional biometric redundancies for you in case standard recognition fails. So while standard voting would be accomplished solely by facial recognition or fingerprint - premium voting records have redundant biometrics in case facial recognition or fingerprint recognition does not work (e.g. optical iris recognition, finger vein recognition, palm vein recognition, etc, etc.)
The premium voting app will show real-time tabulations for candidates and issues for those casting votes using the voting app.
If you are a premium voting subscriber and identify voter fraud that leads to an arrest or conviction the State will pay you $10,000 instead of $1,000 for standard voters.
You can ask to guard your voting app on your device with a unique identifying phrase that is recorded at the time you register. So when you download the app it will implement this additional level of security.
With premium voting you can set reminders to remind you to vote before Election Day.
Both Premium and Standard voters would be able to go online and confirm that their vote was counted correctly.
With premium voting you don't have to worry about being harassed at polling locations.