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56 replies	Author	Time	Post
If you could REMAKE the election system FROM SCRATCH what would you create? [View all]	Baobab	Apr 2016	OP
Bust up the 2 party system. Grow ballot access/public financing/voting holiday/effective oversight.	CentralCoaster	Apr 2016	#1
I can't do that, so I won't speculate about it.	MineralMan	Apr 2016	#2
Blows my mind people want to focus on fantasizing and forget the supreme court.....	bettyellen	Apr 2016	#11
Skinner, comments like this one is why Progressives need their own	JimDandy	Apr 2016	#37
you only need your own site because you prefer to demonize 95% of Dems, and that is not going	bettyellen	Apr 2016	#39
Flat WRONG and again, shame on you!	JimDandy	Apr 2016	#43
I love the brand new congress idea- but this leaves SBS a lame duck for a minimum of two years....	bettyellen	Apr 2016	#44
Then start one, for Pete's sake.	MineralMan	Apr 2016	#54
Off the top of my head:	Chasstev365	Apr 2016	#3
Questions?	Travis_0004	Apr 2016	#45
That's how it's done in the UK!	Chasstev365	Apr 2016	#52
Primary, closed, and proportional. GE open to all and proportional...no winner take all. nt	Jitter65	Apr 2016	#4
Find some monster machine to forever destroy voting machines,	Frustratedlady	Apr 2016	#5
Preferential voting (nt)	JSup	Apr 2016	#6
Yep. IRV/Ranked Choice. Support Fairvote.org	pat_k	Apr 2016	#8
Like the Borda Count, IRV, etc? GOOD IDEA!	Baobab	Apr 2016	#18
by THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE your guy is coming in third. next? nt	msongs	Apr 2016	#7
this thread isnt about that	Baobab	Apr 2016	#23
No closed primaries.	MrsKirkley	Apr 2016	#9
I think that when partes start alienating so many people there really is a need for that.	Baobab	Apr 2016	#25
Cut campaigns down to 3 months	TheDormouse	Apr 2016	#10
why?	Baobab	Apr 2016	#22
A large part of our problem is the $$$$	TheDormouse	Apr 2016	#31
What about having a vote of no confidence for both candidates and their legislation?	Baobab	Apr 2016	#40
Or less. eom	Blanks	Apr 2016	#32
No party primaries; top vote-winners in initial phase go on to final phase	TheDormouse	Apr 2016	#12
I really like that idea. We're being held prisoner by this system that has really been screwing up	Baobab	Apr 2016	#19
I agree about the weighted choices	TheDormouse	Apr 2016	#20
start with	italiangirl	Apr 2016	#13
Everybody votes at the same time--no stretched out elections season lasting months	TheDormouse	Apr 2016	#14
Automatically registered to vote for Pres/VP at birth or upon naturalization	TheDormouse	Apr 2016	#15
wouldnt that create an incentive to criminalize things that poor people did to make them non-voters?	Baobab	Apr 2016	#16
Homeless voters can vote anywhere--for Pres/VP	TheDormouse	Apr 2016	#24
We need a way to limit spending--Thoughts?	TheDormouse	Apr 2016	#17
In theory, the Internet could solve the problem of candidates needing to spend money.	Baobab	Apr 2016	#21
But internet access isn't a right & not everyone has equal access	TheDormouse	Apr 2016	#27
I'd add to what we have: Automatic voter registration	LadyHawkAZ	Apr 2016	#26
Mandatory civics classes--what a novel idea!	TheDormouse	Apr 2016	#33
An uninformed constituency is much easier to control n/t	LadyHawkAZ	Apr 2016	#48
Replace the Senate voting system with one based on the Penrose method	muriel_volestrangler	Apr 2016	#28
Look at Vermont.	DamnYankeeInHouston	Apr 2016	#29
Verifiable ballots.	hobbit709	Apr 2016	#30
Direct voting on most major bills by highly secure, verifiable web balloting.	leveymg	Apr 2016	#34
Direct voting on most major bills by highly secure, verifiable web balloting.	leveymg	Apr 2016	#35
See, there, I just voted twice. ;-)	leveymg	Apr 2016	#36
This is a GD subject matter, not GDP. Good post, though and you're getting some thoughtful answers.	JimDandy	Apr 2016	#38
I'd create a Westminster style system of government...	Violet_Crumble	Apr 2016	#41
My DREAM Election System	Kip Humphrey	Apr 2016	#42
election voting open to ALL, candidates get FREE media in EQUAL amounts. no OUTSIDE MONEY.	pansypoo53219	Apr 2016	#46
I'd go back 40 years and insert a law into the books requiring a CIVICS course for HS graduation.	cherokeeprogressive	Apr 2016	#47
"Must be a member of the Democratic Party for one full year to be eligible to run"	Tarc	Apr 2016	#49
The topic is about something bigger than Hillary supporters being bitter that someone dared	cui bono	Apr 2016	#51
I will comment on the topic as I see fit, bro	Tarc	Apr 2016	#55
One person, one vote in a representative system	The Second Stone	Apr 2016	#50
Plain & simple. Everyone is registered to vote when they:	napi21	Apr 2016	#53
This:	LWolf	Apr 2016	#56

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