So election fraud, whereby votes are either stolen or cast under duress, is part of a wider problem that never quite goes away.
In its manifesto, Die Partei vows to introduce a system whereby votes in national referendums will be annulled if voters cannot answer simple questions such as "what is the capital of Paris?" – a system it describes as a "moderate epistocracy".
A more promising alternative is proportional voting, whereby brokers vote uninstructed shares in the same proportion as other shareholders at the meeting, or other shareholder clients of the broker, has the possibility of eliminating both kinds of distortion.
Much was then being made of the "gender gap" in US politics, whereby women voted in much larger numbers for Democrats.
The Pirate Party in Germany is promoting the concept of "liquid democracy," with some success, as a hybrid system whereby an electorate vests voting power in delegates rather than in representatives.
Labour's solution lay in private sector involvement, and creating a market in schools whereby parents could vote with their feet, forcing up standards.
An arrangement had been made whereby they could vote with their consciences on individual clauses so long as they supported the bill as a government measure at its third reading.
Additional discounts are also offered through a vote system, whereby consumers having voted for a particular product receive a discount once it goes into production.
The committee also conducted a secretive process whereby the architects voted anonymously for the most capable of their colleagues.
In 2012, Florida adopted a quasi-permanent absentee status, whereby voters who vote a mail ballot can choose to automatically receive a mail ballot the next election.
