Great ideas for election reform

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(Sorry if this has been posted before, everything here makes such wonderful sense)

Bring Democracy Home
by Katrina vanden Heuvel

1. Establish an election day holiday.

2. Establish national standards for elections.

3. Promote and protect the right to vote.

4. Require reliable voting machines and a paper trail.

5. Require nonpartisan election management.

6. Make voting easy and trustworthy.

7. Re-enfranchise citizens denied their voting rights.

8. End the duopoly. - Proportional representation, Instant Runoff Voting

9. Establish a constitutional right to vote.

10. Fund campaigns publicly.

more, with full explanations -

http://www.thenation.com/doc/20061120/kvh