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Baobab

(4,667 posts)
Tue Apr 26, 2016, 11:49 AM Apr 2016

some simple proposals for election reforms

We need a very simple system with optically scannable ballots - a very simple system thats used in the entire country, with clear plastic ballot boxes that can be audited easily.

We also should have multiple choices, second choice, third choice. So people could vote for third parties without fearing their vote was wasted.

And maybe a parliamentary system might be better than what we have now if it gives us a vote of no confidence.

Also, most important - no trade deal past or present or future should be able to give important rights away to corporations forever. That is unconstitutional. Making that clearer would remove a huge incentive to make elections corrupt.

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