Two Fatal Flaws In Our Elections - Why We Can’t Have Honest Elections and How to Fix Them |
Two Fatal Flaws In Our Elections - Why We Can't Have Honest Elections and How to Fix Them
Part II - Fraud Deniers and the Acceptance of Election Fraud;
David Robb ——Bio and Archives--March 18, 2026
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Scanned ballot images are the first fatal flaw in our elections. When they are coupled with other elements of our electronic election systems, they are the key element supporting election fraud. All else, including dirty voter rolls, internet connected systems, and other parts of our election systems that have sacrificed integrity for convenience and centralized processing rely on that first fatal flaw of the use of ballot images instead of the actual paper ballot forms.
Part I - The Illusion of Paper Ballots
Part II - Fraud Deniers and the Acceptance of Election Fraud
There are many other methods by which election fraud is committed. There is no single method responsible, but to the time tested methods of cemetery voting, voter intimidation, ballot box stuffing, and vote buying, we have added whole new classes of manipulation. Whereas before, the small scale "retail" methods might affect a local election, the new wholesale methods enabled by the electronic "machines" are capable of changing the outcome of elections at State and even National levels. And it all starts with ballot images.
While the use of ballot images instead of the actual paper ballots is the most critical flaw in our election systems, there is a second one that is also key, but is generally less obvious.
We currently have almost no way of correcting an election corrupted by fraud.
Our legal system is built around the idea that if there is a crime, there is an identified perpetrator, a clear crime committed, a defined punishment, and a clear remedy to repair any damage caused. In the case of election fraud, although the crime might be identified, there is often no clearly defined perpetrator and no clear remedy. If the perpetrator is an overseas state actor, there is not even a punishment available.
This leads to the situation where we might have an election where it is........