CAN THE VOTE BE HACKED?

	PROCESS	EFFECT NAME	EFFECT TYPE	SOURCE	TARGET	LEV	FIX
Candidate		Trojan Horse Candidate	Changes stance after winning	Candidate	Fools Voters	1	G
		False Clone Candidate	Splitting Opposition Vote	Other Party	Split the vote	2	A
		Flippant Candidate	Candidate randomly changes stance	Candidate	Confusion	1	A
		EFFECT NAME	EFFECT TYPE	SOURCE	TARGET	LEV	FIX
Voter		Negative Campaigning	Scare voter	Party	Voter	4	A
		Surprise Negative News Story	Scare voter	News Media	Voter	5	A
		The President (or a celebrity) takes sides	Sway votes	Party	Voter	3	D
		Free Celebrity Appearance / Concert	Buy votes	Party	Voter	5	D
		Making Impossible Promises	Buy votes	Party	Voter	5	G
		EFFECT NAME	EFFECT TYPE	SOURCE	TARGET	LEV	FIX
	Regis- tration	Hacking Voter Registration	Computer hack	Cheats	Multi votes	2	H
		Multiple Similar IDs	Multiple registrations	Cheats	Multi votes	1	J
		Fake Names, Same Address	Multiple mail-in votes	Cheats	Multi votes	3	J
		ID Theft to Change Registrations	Phone phishing	Cheats	Stop voters	4	J
		EFFECT NAME	EFFECT TYPE	SOURCE	TARGET	LEV	FIX
All Voting		Voting Machines Company Fraud	Program design	Designer	Change votes	0	B
		Hacking Voting Machines	Computer hack	Cheats	Change votes	0	B
		Plurality Voting System (vote for only one)	Inherent system bias	Voting system	Unintended	5	A
		Straight-Party Voting	Inherent system bias	Party, Unions	Lower races	5	A
		Winner-Take-All	Inherent system bias	Party, Law	Lose votes	5	G
		Rigged Voting Machine Setup*	Biasing Vote collection	Officials	Change votes	4	F
		Causing Power Failure at Polling Place	Prevent voters from voting	Cheats	Stop voters	2	E
		Blocking Polling Place Access†	Prevent voters from voting	Cheats	Stop voters	3	E
		Stealing Ballots‡	Prevent voters from voting	Cheats	Stop voters	3	K
		EFFECT NAME	EFFECT TYPE	SOURCE	TARGET	LEV	FIX
Counting The Vote		Ballot Culling	Discarding undesired votes	Officials	Lose votes	4	F
		Counting Ballots Twice	Counting desired votes twice	Officials	Make votes	4	F
		Counting Spoiled Ballots	Counting discarded votes	Officials	Make votes	4	F
		Hacking Vote Counting Machines	Computer hack	Cheats	Change votes	1	C
		Hacking Central Results Computers	Computer hack	Cheats	Change votes	2	C

RESULT

NOTES ON THE ABOVE TABLE	NOTES ON THE ABOVE TABLE
* Ways Ballots can be Rigged:	LEV	Levels of Severity of the Problem:
- Diverting counts to the wrong candidate	0	This does not actually happen.
- Making the straight-Party function choose the wrong candidate	1	This is rare and/or hard to accomplish.
- Misaligned or varying size touch sensor zones on touch screens	2	This is hard to do and/or not encountered very often.
- Misaligned or varying size mark-sense sensor zones for paper ballots	3	This is intermediate in difficulty and occurrence.
- Programmed to change the vote when the voter changes pages	4	This is easy to do and/or is encountered often.
- Programmed to omit every 10th (e.g.) vote	5	This is a ubiquitous problem.
† Ways Polling Place Entrances have been Blocked:	FIX	How to Fix the Problem:
- A pipe was ordered dug up in front of the polling place.	A	Abolish Plurality Voting, adopt Independent Voting System.
- The sidewalk was removed, leaving mud for voters to cross.	B	This effect does not happen at all.
- Construction (as above) was ordered by people with no authority.	C	Do not allow any connection to the Internet.
- A meeting was called, filling up the parking lot at the site.	D	Prohibit office holders and celebrities from political activity.
‡ Ways Ballots have been Stolen:	E	Guard the polling places to prevent such activities.
- An election official took a box of cast ballots and walked out with it.	F	Have technical people from each party present to detect fraud.
- An election official moved a ballot box from counted to uncounted.	G	Prohibit this activity by law.
- A voter took a box of cast ballots and walked out with it.	H	Use security coding to detect tampering.
- Cheats stole ballots from mailboxes.	J	Use cross-checks to detect registration fraud.
- Cheats stole blank ballots, marked one candidate, and put them back.	K	Use guards, security coding, and cross-checks to detect fraud.

WHAT CAN NOT HAPPEN:

Hackers can't break into voting machines. They are not on the internet.
Voting machine makers won't cheat
Dimpled chad are not votes

TO MAKE ELECTIONS FAIR, THE FOLLOWING MUST BE DONE:

Abolish the biased Plurality Voting System and adopt the Independent Voting System.
Prohibit by law Straight-Party Voting.
Prohibit by law Winner-Take-All distribution of electors or delegates.
Prohibit by law at-large districts with multiple candidates.
Prohibit by law using the biased Plurality Voting System for public opinion polls.
Do not allow election devices to be connected to the Internet. Use secure leased lines.
Prohibit existing office holders from using their status for political activity.
Prohibit newspeople from taking sides. Freedom of the press assumes an unbiased press.
Prohibit celebrities from using their fame for political activity.
Guard polling places before, during, and after elections to prevent criminal activity.
Require presence of technical people from all parties when voting devices are worked on.
Prohibit by law (with large penalties) impossible promises made by candidates.
Use special multiple security coding to detect any ballot tampering.
Use multiple cross-checks on names, addresses, and ID numbers to detect ID fraud.
Use multiple cross-checks on names and addresses to detect registration fraud.
Use security questions to detect registration fraud.
Have a large penalty for concealing discovered facts about candidates for timed release.
Prohibit by law the use of bad or unproved science to sway voters.

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