I think federal elections standardized through the nation Since federal elections affect the entire country, I think the election of federal officials (President, Senate and House) and federal issues, should be held separate and apart from state elections.  This would greatly reduce the opportunity for fraud.   If each voter received a separate ballot for federal elections, and were issued a voter ID with picture or fingerprint, or some other type of identification, the chance of corrupt local officials altering the results, would be virtually nil.  Federal ballots would be counted separately, by federally sworn in officials.  Or perhaps even mail in voting for federal elections...I don't know... I only know that the way it's being done now is not working at all. It would not be that difficult to do... the states and cities could do whatever they wanted, hold their elections whenever they wanted.... whatever.... but federal elections throughout the country would always be in the same time period for everyone, same rules for everyone, and for God's sake, ballots should not be destroyed until just before the next election.  This current mess should never be repeated again.   As a matter of fact, as to this last election, in those states and precincts where ballots keep suddenly appearing after the polls have closed, the election should be reheld in those areas with FEC officials overseeing it at every step.  We can't let this one slip away, and we can no longer allow the fraud to continue.  The time to stop it is NOW!!