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Necessary electoral reforms for the USA

Name: Anonymous 2010-06-17 19:47

The U.S. needs the following electoral reforms:

Unicameral legislatures (abolish the senates) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unicameralism

Party-list proportional representation for legislative elections - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proportional_representation http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Party-list_proportional_representation

Instant runoff voting for executive elections (mayor, governor, president) -
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instant-runoff_voting

Election of the president solely by the popular vote (abolish the Electoral College).


That is all.

Name: Anonymous 2010-06-17 21:06

Unicameral legislatures (abolish the senates)
Or return the Senate to the politicking of State-elected representatives (by their legislatures; you know, no 17th amendment) so that we look more like a Republic again.  I never understood the point of having two houses directly elected by the same source, even if it is the citizens of the said state.

Instant runoff voting for executive elections
We'll talk about this after we work on the current implementations of voting fraud and ambiguity.  Forget hanging chads, imagine the nightmare that could occur when multiple votes for the same position come into play.

Election of the President solely by the popular vote (abolish the Electoral College).
I would merely rebalance the electoral college thus that it represented State votes for the federal Executive position and was somehow factored into the popular vote so as to remain competitive but not overbearing.  Tied back to restoring the Senate to its roots.

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