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Minimum feature-set of a sensible psephocracy: - no campaigning or special interest ads a week before voting - only public funding and named individual small
by throw-far-away 8y ago
Minimum feature-set of a sensible psephocracy:
- no campaigning or special interest ads a week before voting
- only public funding and named individual small donations for public servant campaigns: no PACs, no super-PACs, no huge check fundraisers and no dark-money SIGs.
- nationally-unified, same-day voting, no prior registration required
- nationally-unified, three prior weeks of voting-by-mail
- media blackout on counts until all final results are in
- overturn Citizens' United (by amendment via state legislatures)
- eliminate the primary
- end the Electoral College
- free & open source tech unified, national e-voting system, open for all to audit
- public blockchain for permanent results
- printed receipt with barcode of hash saved in the blockchain
- ranked choice voting (as it provides an instant run-off should the favorite be disqualified, die or resign; also provides N picks for boards, vice positions and directors)
- civilian 8y agoIt's sad you liked ranked choice voting last. That's all we need to end the duopoly. I also feel, as the supreme court does, that Citizens United is a free speech issue. You should listen to this podcast about it to get some perspective: https://www.wnycstudios.org/story/citizens-united https://www.wnycstudios.org/story/citizens-united In a beautiful piece of irony, if it hadn't been for Michael Moore shamelessly using his corporation to produce political speech, the Citizens United court case might not have been successful.