Time for election reform??

[dajoga]

The election is over, hallelujah!! No more political ads, polls, etc.
What about some election reform? Here's my list.

1. New SS card with your number on the magnetic strip. Must have to vote and swipe it through a reader which records the date, time, and number. Prevents voting more than once, allows voting from any voting place and removes the whole mess of registration.

2. No primaries or caucuses until July.

3. No conventions until September

4. No presidential ads until after primaries.

5. Any debates on radio only.


ANYTHING ELSE THAT SHORTENS THIS WHOLE STUPID MESS.
70-80% of voters know who they'll vote for as soon as the candidates are set. If a candidate can't convince the undecided in three months, they're too dumb to be running in the first place.

Other ideas???

[Longhorn_Platinum]

:unsmile: Yeah, how about having all primaries on the same day? And I think June would be a little more reälistic.

[Triller]

-How about the machine records every person who uses it and how they voted. This is the only way electronic voting can be secure. You can't just add one to a candidate when someone votes for them. Instead if you time stamp it and id stamp it then it is fully traceable. It then becomes near impossible for any sort of fraud. Also anyone trying to vote twice can be arrested and imprisoned.

-Some independant auditing body who are able to sift through the recorded votes (post election) and look for irregularities - dead people voting, etc.

You can even one day extend the elections so that people can just vote online.

[ronin9]

-Some independant auditing body who are able to sift through the recorded votes (post election) and look for irregularities - dead people voting, etc.
oh,maybe the democrats in congress can ask the un to send this 'independent' body.how about the heritage foundation?

[tacitus]

Clean out the voter regiatrations of illegals , the dead, felons (in the appropriate states), and multiple registrations in different states.
No last minute rush to register voters, too much fraud. If they don't care enough to register then they don't vote.
No debates.
No computer voting.
No reporting of exit polls until ALL polls close.

[dajoga]

Clean out the voter regiatrations of illegals , the dead, felons (in the appropriate states), and multiple registrations in different states.
No last minute rush to register voters, too much fraud. If they don't care enough to register then they don't vote.


My idea of a magnetic SS card would eliminate all this wouldn't it?

1. Illegals aren't supposed to have a SS# are they?
2. Funeral homes should be required to report the SS# of each "client" they service. That # should be entered into election database so if someone tries to use that #, it would disqualify it.
3. Felons' SS#s should be recorded in the database so if they try to vote they are disqualified.

[Federal Farmer]

My idea of a magnetic SS card would eliminate all this wouldn't it?

1. Illegals aren't supposed to have a SS# are they?
2. Funeral homes should be required to report the SS# of each "client" they service. That # should be entered into election database so if someone tries to use that #, it would disqualify it.
3. Felons' SS#s should be recorded in the database so if they try to vote they are disqualified.
Too many supposed tos and should bes, leaving just as many chances for corruption to remain. Since I want SS eliminated anyway I don't want an SS card being put to further use.

[Federal Farmer]

Clean out the voter regiatrations of illegals , the dead, felons (in the appropriate states), and multiple registrations in different states.
No last minute rush to register voters, too much fraud. If they don't care enough to register then they don't vote.
No debates.
No computer voting.
No reporting of exit polls until ALL polls close.

I agree with all those except no debates. Besides really not being debates and not including other candidates, what are your thoughts against the debates.

[Taylor]

No Internet voting (That's coming next)
Repeal the motor voter law that allows you to register to vote when you get your drivers licsence or ID card
Eliminate the ability to register to vote more than once