The security principle of authentication is critical to voting security. In protecting the enfranchisement of legal citizens who vote in elections, it is critical that Illegal access to ballots is not possible, and that only legal voters receive ballots. Strict authentication and verification of a voter's identity is critical to the integrity of a voting system. Inaccuracies and errors made in this area of voting security result in illegal ballots being cast and the value of every legal voter's vote is devalued. Voting security best practices mandate a strict voting security posture and getting it right every single time. Here are the voting security and election integrity measures we advocate for to protect the interest of citizens who vote and prevent illegal voters from casting illegal votes in our national, state, and local elections. The state offers citizens easy access, no cost, and statewide Voter Photo Identification cards. A Voter Photo ID Card is issued to every citizen eligible to vote who meets citizen-proof requirements at the time of application. State law includes strong Anti-Voter-ID-counterfeiting measures to protect the validity and accuracy of Voter Photo Identification Cards. Harsh imprisonment and monetary fines are imposed for fraud related to Photo Voter Identification cards. State law requires all registered voters to present a valid government-issued Photo Identification Card to gain access to a ballot. This requirement is for 100% of voters including Absentee Voters and In-person Voters. The government-issued Photo ID confirms the requestor's name, address, and photo match the registered voter listed on the voter roll to obtain access to a ballot. Election workers and officials responsible for verifying registered voters' identities are guilty of ballot handling fraud if they do not faithfully confirm the person's identity via a valid government-issued photo ID check and as a result grant unverified individual access to a ballot. State, County, and Local law establishes a very short list of risk-limiting qualifications allowing an individual to be placed on the Early-Voter-Registration-List authorizing access to an Early Voting Ballot that the voter will cast in person at a partisan-balanced election office before election day. The state establishes a very short risk-limiting list of qualifications allowing the individual to be placed on an Absentee-Ballot-Voter-Registration-List that provides registered voters access to an Absentee Ballot that the voter will return to the Election Office by USPS Registered mail or another means of mail with full-chain-of-custody tracking. State, County, and Local law requires that Absentee ballots are not provided to registered voters who will be in the state on election day and are physically capable of visiting the voting polls on election day. State, County, and Local laws require an application every election for an individual to be placed on either the Early-Voter-Registration-List or the Absentee-Voter-Registration-List. Without exception, Absentee voters and early voters must complete an Absentee Voting Registration or Early Voting Registration authorization application for every election cycle. State, County, and Local laws require individuals who are on the Absentee Voting Registration or Early Voting Registration, to present a valid government-issued Photo Voter ID to gain access to be placed on the registration list and gain access to a ballot. State, County, and Local laws do not allow absentee ballots to be provided to individuals without receiving an Absentee Ballot Request & Qualification application from the individual.