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In reply to the discussion: How would you improve the US electoral system? [View all]HariSeldon
(459 posts)2. Given the difficulty/impossibility of changing anything laid out by the Constitution
I'd go for an Apportionment Act of 2021 setting the number of representatives in the House to about 3,000. This would severely dilute the "over-representation" of sparsely populated states in both House and, for the purposes of the Electoral College, the Senate. I'd also add back the clause from older Apportionment Acts that required Congressional districts to be compact. Yes, we would have to figure out how the House chamber would be used and how House business can be done with so many Representatives, but that is easier than a Constitutional amendment.
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Since ditching the EC is not within reach, let's reallocate how EC votes are tallied.
brush
Nov 2020
#1
It was also a sop to southern states who were allowed to count their enslaved people...
brush
Nov 2020
#34
If electoral votes were based on Congressional Districts, Obama and Clinton might have lost
onenote
Nov 2020
#42
I agreed gerrymandering can be a problem but even that is more fixible than the present...
brush
Nov 2020
#45
Given the difficulty/impossibility of changing anything laid out by the Constitution
HariSeldon
Nov 2020
#2
See post 1 and 34. Diluting the power of the small states can be accomplished without...
brush
Nov 2020
#36
The danger of going this way is if it's broken down by congressional districts...
Salviati
Nov 2020
#30
Add 50 electors (one per state) to be given to the candidate who wins the national popular vote
Dem2
Nov 2020
#5
Legislators could direct one of the two Senate electors to vote in line with the national vote
Dem2
Nov 2020
#55
No to mandatory voting. I don't want to give police avenues for harassing citizens
Bucky
Nov 2020
#8
In New Zealand, your campaign can't receive donations more than nine weeks before election day.
meadowlander
Nov 2020
#32
Hand counted paper ballots,tight chain of custody in counting and reporting
questionseverything
Nov 2020
#16
+1, Rudy's buddies proved "dark money" in campaigns caught after the fact is meaningless ...
uponit7771
Nov 2020
#40
Since we don't count the popular vote for President, and only count Electoral votes....
kentuck
Nov 2020
#41
I'm good with your #2. I don't really get your #3, and I vote a big 'NO' on #1.
Captain Stern
Nov 2020
#46
1. Appoint non-partisan, non-party affiliate officials to oversee the electoral process from...
Yavin4
Nov 2020
#48
In tossup states i'd like to see a $50 vote card given to everyone that voted, BUT
bluestarone
Nov 2020
#49