What changes do we need most regarding elections?

[888theGreat]

We need changes folks. We are electing mentally challenged people into office. They are too old , too rich, too corrupt, uneducated. Which change do we need most?

Age limits , no one over 75 can be elected for any office and anyone that turns 75 must resign

Compentcy tests with scores of 80% or better

Term Limits for all elected offices

Financial audits to make sure they are not selling decisions

End of lobbyists

Corporations can no longer give contributions to campaigns or individuals

No money from Israel or any group associated with Israel allowed or any other country

Updates

4 mo

I also think we need to use metal voting machines and no mail in ballots , vote in person. Anyone lazy shouldn't be allowed to vote,

I also think age should be raised to 21 .

[OneViewpoint]

NO To...

• Corporate money in politics.
• Foreign money in politics.
• Dark money in politics.
• Religious money in politics.
• Lobbying groups funded by special interests.

YES To...

• Term limits for every elected office at the State and Federal levels
• Term limits for all judges, no more lifetime appointments.
• Oversight of judges carving out cash for themselves via deals with billionaires.
• Life in prison for any judge found taking money or favors from wealthy scum.
• Life in prison for anyone caught bribing judges.
• Mandatory voting for all starting at age 18. Financial penalties for not voting.
• Federal oversight of Red State elections with minimum access requirements.
• Voter rolls controlled at the federal level. Red States can't be trusted.
• Death penalty for large scale voter obstruction or voting fraud.
• Death penalty for weaponization of the DOJ. You die if you are complicit.

[Chazmatazz269]

Mail-in ballots aren’t about laziness. Elections are always held on weekdays, when MOST people are working or have skool. Most employers do not allow time off for voting and many people travel for work; taking them out of their voting district. Being registered to vote in multiple districts is a crime. For whatever reason, they haven’t mandated nationally reciprocal government identification so that anyone can vote in any district with a discrete voter registration. That along with making voting days a national mandatory PAID holiday would eliminate the need for LEGITIMATE mail-in ballots. Problem is, that would counter all of the gerrymandering too. Whether you want to admit it or not, both major parties have invested a great deal of time, energy and money to rig elections in their favor. Even elections that aren’t as hotly contested as those people frequently claim were “stolen” or “rigged” have not been free and fair for a very long time. But that doesn’t mean mail-in voting is inherently faulty or necessarily corrupt and that people who can’t be home on the very day of the election shouldn’t get to vote. Though it could definitely be handled more efficiently and securely.

[CupcakeTheDestroyer]

Fucking anti-corruption legislation. Freeze their assets the SECOND they take office so they can’t rely on anything but their singular paycheck, bar them from participating in the stock market, only allow “donations” following legislative and administrative work that actually make everyone’s lives better. If it’s a shit policy, no donations. Incentivize these assholes to actually make lives better for everyone, not just chase power.

[888theGreat]

They are supposed to turn their businesses over to someone else

[CupcakeTheDestroyer]

Would YOU want to continuously worked a job that treated you like that? No. You’d quit. So will they

[Anonymous]

You talk a lot about age limit as far as were it should end but what about were it begins? Humans are power hungry it's not so much of wealth or not, I do think big pharma etc need to stop sleeping with our gov. and when government shuts down they shouldn't get paid just like the rest of us. There is so much wrong with politicians on both sides at the end of the day.

[goaded]

Undo Citizens United (states can do this with a simple law change; they can say that corporations that operate in their state may not spend money on political issues, no constitutional amendment needed), change to instant runoff voting for federal elections.

Make partisan gerrymandering illegal.

https://www.americanprogress.org/article/the-corporate-power-reset-that-makes-citizens-united-irrelevant/

https://www.youtube.com/embed/K-ZlQ-iOgXI

"define the powers of artificial persons, including corporations, as only those the constitution expressly grants and provide that artificial persons have no power to spend money or anything of value on elections or ballot issues."

2016: Bernie, O'Malley, Lessig, Clinton, Stein, Johnson, Cruz, Kasich, Rubio, Trump, maybe a few more - If your first choice is eliminated, your second choice candidate gets another vote, and so on, until there's only one remaining.

[MrChinaski]

We have mandatory voting in Australia. It achieves about 95% compliance of eligible electors booths on 1 day, prepoll voting at booths for a few weeks ahead of the election, and postal voting with a valid reason; the other 5% need excuses e. g. death in the family or whatever, or are pursued for a fine in the amazingly large amount of $20.

Benefits:

- It avoids extreme policy platforms to 'bring out the vote'

- it encourages stronger fighting for the centre rather than the wings.

Most people like it. And local community groups set up cake stalls and barbecues (the legendary 'Democracy Sausage') as fund raisers, so they like it too.

[Sal_Monella]

* Government. Picture Voter ID. Each of those picture IDs will be associated with a Social Security number. No person of any race or ethnicity. Is mentally incapable of getting a legal government picture. ID. We have to provide identification when we get a credit card.

* The election will take place on one day only. No more election week or month.

* The only absentee ballots must come from active military overseas and expatriates living in foreign countries.

* No early voting. If you can't get to the polls on Election Day, you're a shit out of luck.

* If someone you know Is disabled and cannot get to the polls. It is your responsibility. To roll them there on a wheelchair or a hospital bed if necessary.

[beefcakebradybatson]

IQ test voters so that nobody dumber than the average Trump Cabinet secretary may vote !!!

[888theGreat]

Well 50 IQ or higher would eliminate 90% of MAGA voters.

[beefcakebradybatson]

Forty is more like it with MAGANs !!!

[Miristheiss]

Ensure only citizens vote.

Ensure people only vote 1 time.

Term limits for Senators and Representatives.

The number of electoral votes is based only on citizens living in your state. Not illegals.

[exitseven]

competency tests and term limits. But also voter ID required and paper ballots on election day with absentee ballots by request only.

[Anonymous]

limit the number of people who can vote

anyone who has not served in uniform in front line combat roles should not be allowed to vote or run for office

[Ariesman81]

The update sounds good. Proof of citizenship needs to be required. None of the rest matters if we can't agree on who should be voting.

[Snakeyes7]

All of the above plus voter ID required everywhere.

I understand why you'd want the voting age to be raised to 21 but the reason it's 18 is because that is the drafting age. Are you willing to change that too?

[Mike_Hum]

Great! The republicans want proof of citizenship with ID to vote. One day, in person.

[Likes2drive]

Definitely term limits