Is It Time for a Voter App?
Space Force or Voter App? Which Should Take Priority?
I am all for the progress of the human race. If this includes the advancement of the Space Force, that would correlate to advancements in Technology, Medicine, Human Behavior, Sociology, and related fields, I am for it.
The Space Force budget is large, 15.4 Billion to be exact.
“The $15.4 billion Space Force includes: $10.3 billion for space research, development, testing and evaluation of technologies and weapon systems.” But when it came to Election security, the U.S Congress has allocated a measly $425 million, $75 million shy of half a billion. Read More: Source.
While the development of a Space Force is important and not to be discounted, developing a fool-proof voting system is more important, without which a democracy could be destroyed, brought to its knees. And when we don’t have a country left, then it will be anarchy that prevails.
With the right budget and application of technology, Absentee ballots and mail-in votes, long lines at voter booths would be an ancient thing, a thing of the past. Everyone can vote, even the terminally ill, from the comfort of their homes, nursing homes, hospitals, and even those U.S citizens living abroad.
How could this elimination of rampant voter fraud be managed?
Right after the 2016 election results were announced, the Democrats led a 2 year and 6 months investigation into the possible Russian meddling in our elections. After $40 Million dollars was spent, results were mixed, leaning towards President Trump’s acquittal.
From 2016 on, the U.S Government should have focused on and implemented a hi-tech biometric voting system which could be accessed by an app.
Using a phone, voters can cast their votes.
1. Fingerprint scan.
2. Voice record and recognition feature.
3. Driver’s license & Social Security IDs.
4. Retina scan (optional).
5. Face Thermogram.
6. Voter Data.
7. Individual’s Ear Shape (optional).
Voter fraud is a big No-No in a true democracy. It is a serious crime. A real government has to be elected by its people. Ballots cannot be rigged and votes cannot be manufactured to bring about fake results that will thwart freedom of choice to have a government that is 100% fraud free.
From 2016 on, with the hi-tech that we have been developing with each passing day, we could have developed a sophisticated, working voter APP in time for 2020, that could have had voters cast legitimate votes to select a President the citizens truly want.
This was TOP PRIORITY that our very democracy was at stake, yet no one cared or was truly prepared. Now we are facing the greatest issue of assessing the following matters:
- How many legal votes were cast?
- How many fraudulent votes were cast?
- How many dead people’s names were used to cast fraudulent votes?
- How many people cast their votes two times or more?
- How many people cast their votes in multiple states?
- How many Aliens (non-citizens) cast their votes?
- How many Voting Locales checked Voter ID’s and did legal verification?
- How many votes were automated votes by skewed algorithms?
- How many votes were cast online from other countries?
- How many votes were cast after the cut-off period of 7 PM?
- How many Mail-in ballots were thrown out? Which candidate did those belong to?
- How many voter officials turned the other way when fraud was being committed?
I am sure these are questions that just cover the tip of the iceberg. But they are enough to get many legal investigations started. These questions are enough to raise the curiosity and ire of even the least, nonchalant among our citizens. If we truly value our freedom and the meaning of democracy, we would closely examine how best we can develop an app that can prevent voter fraud.
Such are the times we live in. Will this voter fraud situation get worse? Human behavior is so predictable. And so, the answer is a resounding “YES.”
Should various facets of Biometrics be used to develop a sophisticated app that will prevent and deter voter fraud in future? Yes!
Even though biometrics and relevant data can be used to mine the veracity of the identity of American voters, this is a necessary technology that can also be used to combat terrorist threats to our nation, through skillful application of such data.
It’s time to develop this Voter app which will in turn keep our democracy safe, and our voting rights and privileges intact.
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Space Photo: Image by NASA-Imagery from Pixabay
Biometrics Info graph: Macrovector
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