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In reply to the discussion: How would you improve the US electoral system? [View all]Violet_Crumble
(35,992 posts)22. Not sure at all. All it took here was a private members bill*...
After the First World War, there was a significant decline in voter turnout in Australia from 71 per cent at the 1919 election to less that 60 per cent at the 1922 election. In order to address the problem, concerned political parties agreed to introduce a system of compulsory voting, and a private member's bill to amend the Electoral Act was introduced in 1924.
https://www.sbs.com.au/news/why-does-australia-have-compulsory-voting
https://www.sbs.com.au/news/why-does-australia-have-compulsory-voting
*https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Private_member%27s_bill#Australia
I suspect with it being the US, nothing would be simple in making that sort of change, especially as it would sound the death knell for voter suppression and by extension, Republicans ever winning a presidential election again..
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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