Needed Election Reform

I get the question -- After all my hours of observing ballot counting and seeing a good system at work, do I think the election system is fine -- NOOOO! We need major reform. Some of my ideas include:

• Extend election day to at least a week. Keep ALL polls open during that time, not just a few at county HQ.
  
• Get rid of partisan election officials. A more ridiculous and inherently unfair system can never exist. It is the King of Conflicts of Interests.
  
• Implement a national standard for voting and fund it.
  
• Get rid of touch screen voting machines. A paper trail is useless, as a machine could easily be programmed to cast the vote for candidate A, while printing a receipt with candidate B's name on it.
  
• Select optical scan machines. The technology allows for quick tabulation of the votes, while retaining a paper trail for random audits and full recounts.
  
• All precincts that reported lines longer than one hour should be required to add voting machines before the next election.
  
• The pitiful state of voting infrastructure in poor and minority areas is literally criminal, and redress should be sought both in the legislatures and in the courts.

• Allow voting by fax and e-mail for overseas voters.

• Welcome onservers at all stages and at all times -- make the system completely transparent. I was lucky. I observed in a great County, but many had to fight their way in and many were unsuccesful trying to observe.