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Warpy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-13-05 12:49 PM
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5. No excuses? No exceptions?
I can see all the Alzheimer's patients from the nursing home running the polls. The GOP would love it.

Poll workers should be drawn from both parties.

Paper ballots, counted by human beings. The media can bloody well wait overnight for results. It won't kill them.

Instant runoff elections for the top two vote getters in any race if there isn't at least a 10% difference between them.

2 week early voting for the general election, one week early voting for any runoff. That means seven day weeks.

Mandatory voting, like that in Australia, would be a good idea.

Life in prison for anyone stuffing a ballot box, discarding voter registration forms, or otherwise trying to influence any part of the process in any way. That includes state party officials who try to scrub registration illegally.

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  -Voter reform wish list - What do you want changed? iconoclastNYC  Jan-13-05 12:26 PM   #0 
  - Mandatory poll working  seriousstan   Jan-13-05 12:35 PM   #1 
  - No excuses? No exceptions?  Warpy   Jan-13-05 12:49 PM   #5 
  - With all the additional work everyone is asking for....mandatory poll work  seriousstan   Jan-13-05 12:52 PM   #6 
     - Think about it.  Pacifist Patriot   Jan-13-05 12:56 PM   #9 
     - Then HIRE MORE PEOPLE and PAY THEM  Warpy   Jan-13-05 12:57 PM   #10 
     - I say, if you want to bitch about the system, get off your ass  seriousstan   Jan-13-05 01:00 PM   #12 
     - This could be like jury duty. Just put everyone in a pool.  bush_is_wacko   Jan-13-05 05:51 PM   #41 
  - I don't know about that.  Pacifist Patriot   Jan-13-05 12:55 PM   #8 
  - great list  marc_the_dem   Jan-13-05 12:36 PM   #2 
  - Mandatory poll working  seriousstan   Jan-13-05 12:37 PM   #4 
  - thanks for this discussion  marions ghost   Jan-13-05 12:37 PM   #3 
  - NO provisional ballots.  Carolab   Jan-13-05 12:55 PM   #7 
  - Absolutely, all private voting info should be public!  seriousstan   Jan-13-05 01:08 PM   #14 
  - Secretary of State CANNOT be involved in Political Campaign  RevCheesehead   Jan-13-05 12:58 PM   #11 
  - I agree but it needs to go farther than that  iconoclastNYC   Jan-13-05 01:07 PM   #13 
     - 2 dems, 2 republicans, 2 independents  shraby   Jan-13-05 01:18 PM   #16 
  - Numbered Paper Ballots  Riding this Donkey   Jan-13-05 01:14 PM   #15 
  - Pens, not pencils  shraby   Jan-13-05 01:20 PM   #17 
  - No calling the election until all votes are counted in every  merh   Jan-13-05 01:23 PM   #18 
  - I think you're on the right track, but need to get practical...  skids   Jan-13-05 01:33 PM   #19 
  - This is for those who think that a Touchscreen witha paper trial  FogerRox   Jan-13-05 02:20 PM   #21 
     - Agreed, but...  skids   Jan-13-05 02:48 PM   #23 
  - Iowa has a caucus, not a primary,  Beth in VT   Jan-13-05 02:20 PM   #20 
  - We really need to push instant runoff voting to  Beth in VT   Jan-13-05 02:22 PM   #22 
  - I must dissagree- IRV will give the 3rd party a leg up  FogerRox   Jan-13-05 02:58 PM   #24 
     - IRV has some down sides, to be sure, but it is the ranked voting  GreenPartyVoter   Jan-13-05 03:29 PM   #27 
     - I dont see Coalition as a solution--IRV by itself is no solution  FogerRox   Jan-13-05 04:44 PM   #30 
     - We've taken a lot of money out of the system here in Maine  GreenPartyVoter   Jan-13-05 04:48 PM   #31 
     - Yes, it will give rise to a more vibrant political culture. n/t  Beth in VT   Jan-13-05 05:26 PM   #37 
     - Isn't the point for the people to have the representation they want?  Beth in VT   Jan-13-05 05:25 PM   #36 
     - I doubt anyone in the Green Party would have a problem  iconoclastNYC   Jan-14-05 09:07 AM   #58 
  - Verified Voting (VVPB + random audits) is JOB #1! n/t  Bill Bored   Jan-13-05 03:05 PM   #25 
  - My list is  GreenPartyVoter   Jan-13-05 03:28 PM   #26 
  - i'd like to start with the campaigning bullcrap and the debates  burn the bush   Jan-13-05 04:26 PM   #28 
  - wish list  MissWaverly   Jan-13-05 04:39 PM   #29 
  - To meet the international standards set by the Carter center  madison2000   Jan-13-05 04:53 PM   #32 
  - Carter Center: National standards? I see a danger in this!  Peace Patriot   Jan-13-05 05:30 PM   #38 
     - wow you read a lot into that  madison2000   Jan-13-05 05:41 PM   #40 
     - OK, here's the problem. If we continue to have state controls  bush_is_wacko   Jan-13-05 06:38 PM   #43 
        - Is this what you are getting at?  marions ghost   Jan-13-05 08:57 PM   #51 
           - Yes, Yes, Yes!  bush_is_wacko   Jan-14-05 09:25 AM   #60 
              - am on your wave  marions ghost   Jan-14-05 01:19 PM   #64 
                 - Sure, and welcome to DU!  bush_is_wacko   Jan-14-05 03:33 PM   #66 
  - Exit Polls as fraud check. Ban corporate media from elections.  Peace Patriot   Jan-13-05 05:03 PM   #33 
  - We need exit polls to expose fraud, but the pollsters should be  4democracy   Jan-13-05 05:19 PM   #35 
  - check the voting bill of rights  garybeck   Jan-13-05 05:05 PM   #34 
  - That is good but they are OK with electronic voting  iconoclastNYC   Jan-14-05 09:14 AM   #59 
  - Federal, enforceable, election standards and laws.  bush_is_wacko   Jan-13-05 05:40 PM   #39 
  - bush_is_wacko, please see my post #38 re National Standards and...  Peace Patriot   Jan-13-05 06:01 PM   #42 
  - Source code. $$$ in campaigns. Old fashioned values.  Peace Patriot   Jan-13-05 06:54 PM   #44 
  - 2 Independent counts.  hootinholler   Jan-13-05 07:03 PM   #45 
  - 100% ID check.  NationalEnquirer   Jan-13-05 07:04 PM   #46 
  - No contribution$ from voting machine makers to ANY candidate  Ouabache   Jan-13-05 07:06 PM   #47 
  - Re: the discussion of national standards...  Peace Patriot   Jan-13-05 07:46 PM   #48 
  - Election officials should not be allowed to be campaign managers!  demo dutch   Jan-13-05 08:08 PM   #49 
  - No more PAC's  Donailin   Jan-13-05 08:25 PM   #50 
  - Recall elections incase it is proven that the winner didn't win  Democrat Dragon   Jan-13-05 09:00 PM   #52 
  - Did you know?  Blackbeard   Jan-13-05 09:26 PM   #53 
  - why shouldn't there be a national standard?  Faye   Jan-13-05 09:27 PM   #54 
     - Because  Blackbeard   Jan-13-05 09:38 PM   #55 
  - kick!  Democrat Dragon   Jan-13-05 11:54 PM   #56 
  - TO SHED LIGHT ON HOW ELECTIONS ARE RUN IN UK AND AUSTRALIA  Faye   Jan-14-05 12:00 AM   #57 
  - Here is what is needed  seriousstan   Jan-14-05 11:00 AM   #61 
  - love it?!  marions ghost   Jan-14-05 01:25 PM   #65 
  - www.chuckherrin.com  dandrhesse   Jan-14-05 11:36 AM   #62 
  - Paper trail is not the end all be all of our problems and our reps think  Riding this Donkey   Jan-14-05 01:12 PM   #63 
 

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