We could take a few lessons from Taiwan. All voting is in person on the day of election - no mail-in and no absentee ballots. A voter must be over age 20 because they do not believe anyone younger is capable of understanding the importance of their vote and what they are voting for. You must vote in the precinct where you are registered and must show valid ID. Despite people out of the country having to fly back to Taiwan to vote, they have approximately 70 percent or greater voter turnout. All voting is done using paper ballots. They are counted, as far as I know, at the place of polling. The ballots do not leave the polling place. Each ballot is shown publicly with many citizen observers and citizens do all the counting. The vote is read out loud and it is then tallied on a board for everyone to see. The transparency is incredible and they have the results within hours. This is what the democratic process should look like. The only way that this type of system can be gamed is to keep people from the polls - which I have no doubt Taiwanese living on the mainland in some cases were coercively prevented from returning to Taiwan - but this was not enough to affect the outcome of Taiwan's election. It just shows what a sad state of affairs our electoral (selection) process has become - if we can even call it an election.