Things That Can Improve Election Integrity
The following is my personal view: (the first two relate to "tech")
- Strongly discourage adoption of social control media (not just by kids and not just foreign-owned social control media)
- Adopt only physical (with paper trail) voting
- Subject political candidates to an oath of respect for imminent outcomes of elections
- Distribute leaflets to registered or potential voters, reminding them of the importance of voting (irrespective of who for)
- Provide incentives for people to vote (do not penalise those who don't; some countries do that) to prevent billionaires buying vote)
- Prioritise physical and online safety for workers in and around ballots
- Teach people critical skills about the media (scepticism breeds doubt about anything, even voting machines, but it also helps people detect obvious falsehoods or manipulation)
- Give everybody a day off work (or let people vote another day if they are critical workers, e.g. pilots or medical doctors)