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The need for comprehensive election reform is absolute if we are to to have any hope of permanently straightening out the mess that our elections have become over the last multiple decades. But without including a critical and absolutely necessary one that I have never seen properly addressed or even mentioned, it is a futile effort.
Congress' power to impose Regulations on the States, even for Federal Elections, is currently very limited. This power is provided by Article 1 Section 4 Clause 1 and extends only to the elections of federal Representatives and Senators, not even to Presidential elections.
This means that we also need a Constitutional Amendment in order to provide comprehensive, permanent, sane and rational election reforms - something like this:
--- Begin Amendment Text ---
A proposed Constitutional Amendment amending Article 1 Section 4 to the following:
"The Times, Places, Manner, and Rules and Regulations governing the holding of Elections, both Federal and State, may be prescribed in each State by the Legislature thereof provided that any such rules and regulations not in any way alter or ignore the following basic requirements:
All federal elections shall be held on one single day designated as 'Election Day' as established by Congress, which is herein declared to be a National Holiday;
Only fully documented Citizens of the legal age of 18 are allowed to be registered to vote;
All voter registration must be done in person at the Registrar's office for the voter's designated precinct, and only after providing valid State issued Identification, proof of Citizenship, and age;
Up to 30 days of early voting is allowed prior to 'Election Day', but said early voting must follow the exact same process and rules as those mandated for 'Election Day';
Drop boxes are not allowed;
Mail-in voting is not allowed;
Absentee ballots shall be provided to any individual that requests one as long as they fulfill a special separate 'Absentee Ballot Registration' process wherein the prospective voter must do so separately for each and every Election in which they wish to vote by Absentee Ballot, and they must meet all of the following conditions: 1) they must prove they will not be physically present in the jurisdiction wherein they are registered and legally allowed to vote either during the early voting period in States that allow early voting, and/or on Election Day, 2), when Registering to vote by Absentee Ballot, the Registrant must fulfill all of the same requirements mandated in this Section for Registering for in-person Election Day voting, and 3) all Absentee Ballots must be received by the time polls close and no Absentee Ballots that arrive after polls close shall be counted;
Any Federal, State or Local election official who is charged with and convicted of intentional violation of any of the mandated requirements in this Section is guilty of a Federal Felony of at least a Class C, and upon conviction, in addition to applicable criminal penalties, shall be barred for life from employment with any Local, State or Federal government or governmental agency.
Congress may at any time by Law make new or alter existing Rules and Regulations except for those herein mandated in Clauses 1 through 9, and except as to the Places of chusing Senators."
--- end Amendment Text ---
Anything less and the problems simply are not fixed.
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