Curtailing Election Fraud in Louisiana

Paper ballots and limited absentee balloting in our
election? That’s what the president is calling for. Does
he have a point? The overwhelming majority of democratic
countries require paper ballots in their elections.
According to the Pew Research Center, paper
ballot are used in 209 of the 227 countries that
re democratic.. For example, the Associated
Press reports that voters in France “use the same
system that’s been used for generations: paper
ballots that are cast in person and counted by
hand.” And if there is no paper trail, you can see
why voters can be suspicious. If we want to have
the gold standard for voter security, then paper
ballots are the key.
I served for eight years as Secretary Of State
and the state chief elections officer back in the
1980s. Under my watch, Louisiana used large and bulky
voting machines that had no electronic connections and
gave a full paper display of the vote. The machines were
opened after being removed back to a warehouse where
any citizen could watch a review and final account. No
one questioned the process.