...How can you gaurantee that I'm actually the one sitting at my computer when my vote is cast?
The same way agencies like Social Security and Veterans Affairs and a great many banks do... Two-Factor Identification.
Login ID and password coupled with either a USB token (electronic voter ID) or a one-time passcode sent to your cell phone to be input into the computer login screen.
Heckuva lot more secure than login ID and password only, and good enough for financial institutions that need to protect themselves from fraud.
Plus, the advantage of real-time database access to see if the ID has already voted, and to see if the login is coming from a questionable location or machine.
They say the devil is in the details, and there would be all kinds of details to hammer-out, but, once done, the end-result would be worthwhile, efficient and trustworthy.
No more legions of Democratic Urban Dead Voters or Republican Hanging Chads or a thousand-and-one other forms of vote-fraud perpetrated by either party.
I would use such a system to vote.
So would you, once you were convinced that it was vastly more secure and efficient and trustworthy than the antiquated paper ballots and voting machines of yesteryear.
And, of course, there would be a reduced number of physical polling stations still accessible for a shrinking handful of folks without computers or who don't trust the system.
Would it be perfect? Unlikely. But "
the Perfect is the enemy of the Good"... if it greatly improves voting efficiency and lowers costs, then it deserves a look.
And, given that Congress has finally taken the plunge and engaged in Remote Voting at the height of the pandemic, we can expect to see it discussed seriously, quite soon.
That's my prediction, and I'll stand by that for a decade or so.