Stephan:   Every day in the U.S. VIsaNet, the credit card network, safely and securely processes 150 million transactions. Approximately 130 million people voted in 2016.  How is it then that the United States can process credit card transactions safely and securely but can't manage to run an honest election? Partly it is because in 1787 as the Constitutional Convention the states not trusting each other, and because the logistics in the 18th century were so onerous decided that each state would set up its own voting system. The Electoral College was set up because in the 18th century fear of mobs was a major political issue and so the Electoral College was supposed to be the last bulwark against mob rule. In my opinion, both of these processes should be changed. Voting should be conducted under uniform federal standards assuring anyone over 18 who is a citizen can vote safely and securely, and the president should be elected on a popular vote, and the Electoral College eliminated. That we can't run an honest election in this country is another example of what I mean when I say that Republicans do not like democracy because their masters don't like democracy, and are doing everything they can to maintain the form but strip away the substance.