During the past three presidential election cycles, there have been many voting and vote counting issues where ballots were difficult to understand or were difficult to count and or recount.
Electronic ballot machines cast too much doubt, punch cards are not reliable, and some ballot formats are too long and confusing.
What is needed are clear and concise ballot standards for all voting districts nationwide to ensure that all ballots are easy to read, easy to fill out, and easy to count/recount as needed.
These standards need only be in place for the elections of national scale (presidential) however based on a national model, most districts would follow these standards for all elections.