Calling All Technology Companies: A Manhattan Project for Voting Machines

The U.S. needs to launch a new 'Manhattan Project' to completely upgrade the voting system in this country, and since it is such a touchy issue for a political party to champion, we call on a consortium of technology companies: security, storage, networking, workflow, data management, etc. to take the lead. As much as the US faces important challenges at home and abroad, little is more critical than preserving faith in our democratic process. Disputed elections based on claims of fraud, incompetence, bad technology, malice -- whatever, undermines our society. We need a trusted, user-friendly system tested and rolled-out before the next presidential election. We need the great engineering minds of Silicon Valley and Redmond to join together and solve this problem fundamental to the functioning of our democratic society. Who will take up this task?