Secure voting will improve elections: Your Say

About 3 million Americans were eligible to vote online this election, according toVerified Voting. Comments from Facebook are edited for clarity and grammar:

How could Internet voting ever be viable? Nobody can guarantee computer system security.

I would never trust that my vote and those of others weren't being hacked and replaced with different candidates than the ones we selected.

— Francesco M. DiGiovanni

How can online voting ever reach a high level of security unless we allow states to test and revise their online voting systems during real elections? Instead of rejecting all forms of online voting until everything is perfect (unrealistic), why not endorse more thorough testing efforts?

Voting at polling locations is the most natural option for older voters who aren't used to an online world. On the other hand, online voting is the most natural option for younger voters. It's time to consider a change in cultural perspective.

— Josh Broadhurst

Maybe an Apple Pay-like feature could be used in the voting booth to cut out voter fraud. One fingerprint, one vote.

— Ernest Lee

Require paper ballots, filled in by hand, and a rigorous ID check at the entrance.

— Barry Hirsh

Letter to the editor:

Now that the curtain has dropped on another season of political mudslinging, the time is right to consider an idea that promises to be a crowd pleaser: an outright ban on radio and TV political ads.

After all, they add little to public debate, they're expensive and they damage the perception of government.

Like the cigarette advertisements of years ago, political advertising harms the country's well-being.

Roger Savitt; Bedford Corners, N.Y.