An emergency vote should go to the people since these "elected" officials

[glinda]

lie all the time.
It should be a simple vote across the Country. Two choices. ONLY TWO. Tax the wealthiest and close their loopholes for them selves and their Corpses or cut Social Programs that have kept this Country afloat.
Our Government no longer works for the people and by the people. Enough all F(&%&$* ready!

[DesertFlower]

1. i think it's a great idea, but it

would probably be difficult and expensive to set up a special election.

[nc4bo]

2. but there's also a problem with securing the results of that vote.

I'd not feel one bit comfortable putting something up for vote that is so important to this country and leaving in the hands of hacked and faulty machines or tampered sacks of ballots. We've not addressed this problem.

The polls have already shown that the majority of Americans want their SS/Medicare/Medicaid left alone.

Edit to change "election" to "vote" - too much election talk going on.

[valerief]

4. It would have to be a video vote. Video recording of voter stating their vote.

Or holding up a card with their vote. The vote gets tabulated via optical scanner.

Then, after the polls close, you hold a live mouse turd race. For each state, you have a map of counties on the table and let a mouse loose on it. The first county the mouse craps on is the one you audit the videos against the tabulated votes. May take a week or more, but so what? So what!!!

[valerief]

3. Cheaper than one of their damn wars or oil subsidies. nt

[glinda]

5. Should be paper ballot votes with a way to trace them to real people so they can

just check a few by calling them in each district.. Heck I would volunteer for that.