There shouldn't be so much at stake on a single election-event. They should be far more frequent, and far more specific. They can be done in real-time, all-year-round, providing a kind of real-time gauge of consumer (government should be a voluntary subscription service) sentiment. They can use "multiple factor" authentication for high-stakes polling, such as using one's online bank, perhaps one's facebook profile, any of countless additional authentication methods.
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There shouldn't be so much at stake on a single election-event. They should be far more frequent, and far more specific. They can be done in real-time, all-year-round, providing a kind of real-time gauge of consumer (government should be a voluntary subscription service) sentiment. They can use "multiple factor" authentication for high-stakes polling, such as using one's online bank, perhaps one's facebook profile, any of countless additional authentication methods.