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Proposal:
When there is a local election, only citizens who live within the boundaries of the town or city for which elections are being held are eligible to vote in that election.
Voting districts within a city or county would be organized only for the purpose of collecting and counting votes and reporting the totals to the city or county and then delivering the votes to the city or county for archival (and possible recount if there is an integrity challenge or if it’s a very close result).
Intent:
To have free and fair local elections and maintain election integrity.
Discussion:
Cities and counties know exactly which homes lie within their boundaries to be able to check which voters are eligible.
Voting districts should be aligned with city and county boundaries so that it’s easy to discern which voting districts will be involved in a local election (the ones whose boundaries are within the city limits) and which additional voting districts will be involved in a regional election (the ones whose boundaries are outside city limits and within county or province limits).
For example, a county may include two or three small cities. When those cities have local elections for mayor, city council, sheriff, and other local positions, the election infrastructure may be supported by the county but only people living in those cities would be eligible to vote for those city elections.
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