How to implement a voting system?

Voting: Does the Australian electoral system need change? If so, what?

• This is the 2nd time I vote in Australia, so I feel a bit more comfortable to ask. Here's what strikes me as odd: No ID required. If your name is on the list, Bob's your uncle. People may vote in any of a number of polling stations in their area, without any control over how many times they voted. Presumably if someone's vote appears duplicated in multiple polling station they all get nulled, which makes it very easy to invalidate someone else's vote. Voting by pencil. The AEC justification for that is that it doesn't run out of ink and works better in tropical conditions. Hilarious! Voting booths close enough to each other that people can see each other's votes. Enumeration of all Parliament candidates regardless of how much information one has about them. Voters may choose to vote on any of 50+ parties or on candidates for the Senate, but in the latter case they must again enumerate them... all 110! People who are not voting are allowed into the voting room. Voting boxes are left unguarded by the door. The boxes' openings are large enough to pull ballots out. In fact, quite often people would stick their hands in them to push the ballots down to make more room (as you'd do with a rubbish bin). People may take pictures inside the voting room. People are allowed to distribute promotional material right outside polling stations, and material is allowed to be carried inside and left at voting booths.

• Answer:

  Probably not if you are talking about the system of elections, but if you are talking about the mechanics of elections, then requiring evidence of identity before receiving ballot papers would be good, and maybe the option of voting online (although the physical coming together on Election Day is probably a good psychological attribute).