There has to be good balance and checks introduced in the system. Perhaps even make it open source, after all it is a public work. This way, there will be no room for problems such as voting machines rigging ( http://news.rediff.com/report/2009/jul/04/was-election-2009-... )

I don't consider open source to be a panacea but w.r.t. government programs, I think it is an option that should be actively considered.