The Florida 2000 fiasco demands new thinking about a more democratic national election system.  Many would agree that a "dream system" for national elections is a system that:

1. Solves the "too-close-to-call" Florida problem

2. Provides fool-proof software to convert personal computers into excellent voting machines.

3. Gives voters easy to-use-tools to make sure his/her vote is correct and counted

4. Provides voter tax credits based on an easy-to-use proof-of-voting

5. Provides recounts in a minute with total accuracy

6. Reinforces and invigorates the belief that voting is a patriotic civic duty

7. Makes voting a pleasure

8. Produces incentives for low US election turn-outs to rise to world-class

9. Costs less than what the states are spending to upgrade creaky old systems

10. Gives the country a new network with commercial use possibilities

This article makes a case that a dream system can be and ought to be created.  We begin with the basic network for voting and vote counting