"Secret-ballot elections are a good, clear example of a “technical trick” that works out for real political effects. You can’t rubber-hose people into voting fo

"Secret-ballot elections are a good, clear example of a “technical trick” that works out for real political effects. You can’t rubber-hose people into voting for you.." That's an easy one to solve with a rubber hose and a bit of politics: Get people to approve vote-by-mail. Just scream at any opponent that he's suppressing votes and don't mention any reasonable non-mail related alternative solutions to that. Once there's sufficient voting by mail (make ballot access difficult if it's not popular enough), you can directly apply all the things you mention by controlling USPS.