The United Peoples Of Earth

During the 2000 U.S. Presidential election there was a big fuss over voter fraud, voter disenfranchisement, and faulty voting machines. After thinking long and hard about the issues I am proposing a new system that is both efficient and secure from all angles. There are three main areas in the voting process that I target. (Pay attention election boards of the world.)

I. A More Secure Voting Machine

Every polling place should use a standard electronic voting machine. The production and distribution of these voting machines as well as all supplemental hardware and software should be managed by a government organization as opposed to a private organization for greater security. The machine should provide a simple and easy to use method of voting such as a large font, multilingual touch screen and should yield two paper trails. One of the two paper receipts are for the voter and the other for the polling place to be kept as a hard copy backup. Each paper receipt should have a printed bar code on it that corresponds to the results the voter cast. The voter should be able to see the printout that the polling place keeps to reduce the chances of computer error. Each voting machine in a polling place should connect to a central server in the polling place to store the vote tallies. This connection should not be wireless nor should it be accessible outside the polling place. This server will contain several redundant hard drives. These hard drives shall be escorted to destinations at various levels of government for the votes to be calculated and verified. For example if you live in the EU you may cast several votes that apply to the local, regional, national and international level. Therefore at least four hard drives would be required as votes will be verified by four different bodies of government.

If several hard drives fail, a good hard drive can be used as a backup until blank replacements can be installed. If all the hard drives fail the polling place can quickly scan the bar code printouts to back up the information once blank replacement hard drives are installed. Furthermore, hacking the system will be extremely difficult from an outside source due to the fact that voting systems will be on a closed wired network.

II. Increased Voter Identity Verification

A central voter registration database should be created that holds a registered voters name, polling location, and an ID number. Ideally the ID number should appear on a government issued photo ID. For most people this would be a Drivers License or government issued ID. When the polling places servers are loaded with the required ballot information a government body overseeing voter registration will distribute the voter information to the respective polling places. When a voter goes to vote they will be required to present their government issued photo ID to verify their identity. Once done the voter will sign into the voting machine using their ID number. After they have cast their vote they will not be able to cast a second ballot nor will they be able to cast a ballot at another polling place as their voter information is stored at only one polling location.

III. Increased Voting Efficiency

If a person has access to the internet and a printer, they should be able to go a government run website that contains all ballot information for the various polling places. This website should be vigorously tested for security on a daily basis. On this website a voter may cast a ballot and print out a voting receipt with the barcode corresponding to their vote choices. For security purposes this ballot will not be recorded as an official vote but the voter will be able to bring their voter receipt to their designated polling place. Once there and after the voter has verified their identity they may swipe there voter receipt, verify their vote and leave. This should greatly reduce the time it takes to vote and shorten voting lines. The voter should receive a copy of their receipt as recorded by the voting machine and so should the polling place as if they filled out their ballot at the polling place.

Whether a voter swipes their ballot or fills it out at the polling place they should have the option to change their vote prior to finalizing it. The reason being that if a voter changes their mind or made a mistake during the voting process, they may correct their ballot.

Before I published the chapters of my book, I wanted a few of my friends to review them so I was sure I was presenting a sound idea to the public. Since my closest friend and chief editor is out of town and won’t be back for some time I have decided to do things in reverse. Rather then present the book first and other blog articles later, I will post blog articles now and present the book when it is finished.

On another note I have created a small music video that talks about the origins of the UN. I Hope you enjoy it.

The song is Union by Sabaton off their new album Art Of War.

The maps were gathered from various internet sources. The UN map consists of the members of the UN charter not the UN declaration.

The posters are part of the WWII UN series put out by the United States Government.

The UN flag is the original one designed when the UN was formed. Though the flag hasn’t changed much over that time.

For more information on Sabaton visit Sabaton.net

For more information on WWII and the United Nations visit Wikipedia.org

Video Assembled by TUPOE.org

Writing a good constitution that most people can agree on is difficult. History has shown that a government with a poorly written constitution may fall into chaos. The following are some sound guidelines for writing a solid constitution. (Pay attention members of the European Union, African Union, Union of South American Nations & the United Nations)

I. It should be a challenge to alter a constitution.

A constitution is the highest legal document in a government. By default, it should be harder to change then a national law otherwise its purpose is defeated. That having been said that doesn’t mean it should be too much harder, for if it was change would be almost impossible.

II. A constitution should be moderately simple.

A constitution’s stability is in its simplicity. It should address several basic issues and not much more than that. A constitution should address:

1. The setup of a government that the constitution governs directly.

2. The relationship between said government and the smaller governments that it encompasses.

3. The relationships between the smaller governments within the encompassing government.

4. The relationship between the smaller governments and foreign governments through the encompassing government.

5. The relationships of the people to the encompassing government as well as smaller governments to which certain inhabitants are not citizens. In particular an outline of human rights, freedoms, and liberties.

III. Be moderately generic.

When addressing the above issues try not to address them specifically. For example you do not want to address the required mpg rating of a type of vehicle. Instead you would want to empower a branch of the established government to deal with that issue. The reason being addressing specific issues could deadlock the government since it would require a constitutional change every time an issue needed to be revisited.

IV. Equal Treatment equals broad acceptance.

Finally, if you want to get your constitution accepted by all you must treat all equally so one group doesn’t think they are getting cheated. Laws that apply to one smaller government should apply to all smaller governments. Laws that apply to one person should apply to all peoples. Etc.