What need to be done to restore faith in election, is to do the following
1) In person voting with an ID.
2) Paper ballots only.
3) No computers or software involved in the counting of ballots WHAT SO EVER!!!!!
4) No kind of pencil or pen allowed in the room where ballots are prepared for counting.
5) Appointed observers from both parties allowed in the ballot counting area.
These are good ideas, and the whole process needs to be given some deep thought.
The problem with requiring an ID is that most people use their driver's license and some states allow renewals every five years without having to come in and get a new picture taken. My picture on my driver's license is definitely over 10 years old, and between my hair graying out and I wear glasses now, etc. it would be just too easy for a poll worker who sized me up as being against their candidate to simply say, "sorry, this isn't you -- you can't vote". Besides, illegal alien voting fraud is likely very high and they're just so brazen anymore about getting illegal fictitious ids, some of whom have actually used them to register to vote! If ID was made mandatory there would be a huge spike in fraudulent ids. without any way at a mere voting place to validate accuracy and authenticity. ID is a great thought .. but I don't think it works in practical application.
I would like to see instead of ID a major change in the law that if caught committing voter fraud it's a mandatory minimum five years in prison and that we publicize the hell out of that plus station police-dressed guards at the polling places and especially behind the counter where you first identify yourself. Yes, this would intimidate people, and it damn well should! But it will only intimidate two types of people: 1) those there about to commit voting fraud, and 2) criminals with outstanding crimes who've yet to get caught .. and if they are too intimidated because of their outstanding crimes to go vote that's tough toenails for them!
Yes, the problem with computers is that they can be hacked or that would be the best way to vote from home. Another challenge with computer voting from home is someone else could grab your id info and vote for you. One day maybe we'll solve the hacking and other problems associated with computers ... .
The problem with 2), 3), and 4) together is that in the middle of counting the results the person needs to somehow document the count ... . I guess if preparation for counting was in a separate room from the actual counting .. .. but then someone in the actual counting room could make an invalidating mark ... .
Had we cracked down on illegal voting by illegal aliens and non-registered voters by publicizing heavy penalties, and had we not had universal ballots in those nine states, and had counties not sent out applications for absentee ballots in many states, there wouldn't have been the great amount of voter fraud they're just now getting authorization to gather evidence on.
Better would have been to simply publicize on TV that if you want to vote by mail simply contact your registrar of voters and have them send you an application to vote by mail. This would have put the burden of work on those who truly wanted to vote but didn't want to risk COVID-19 at a voting place. Much fraud occurred because they spoon-fed ballots to people who were only registered to vote because they checked a little box when they moved, and they never really had any real interest in actually voting .. and these were those who had their ballots harvested or were compelled under some degree of threat to vote for Biden-Harris and that's the only race they voted, attested to by the fact that the Republicans actually gained House seats.
The biggest fraud sources this year was sending paper ballots to millions of people who otherwise would never have chosen to vote even without the presence of COVID-19. President Trump was right about that from the get-go and I hope his legal team yields results in tossing the illegal votes.