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India has a better solution: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-india-election-lone-voter/indian-officials-travel-deep-into-jungle-to-allow-one-temple-priest-to

by cheez 6y ago

India has a better solution: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-india-election-lone-voter/indian-officials-travel-deep-into-jungle-to-allow-one-temple-priest-to-vote-idUSKCN1RZ1U7 https://www.reuters.com/article/us-india-election-lone-voter...

manquer 6y ago
It works in India because elections are federally managed , and poll workers are federal employees who have to do the duty . In US the rules are per state and complicated also while mostly paid poll workers are really volunteering for the job . The second part surprises me all the time , US May have lesser polling booths if they have lesser people volunteer to be poll workers . Despite collecting so much tax and have so many government employees , Election Day in the US depends on so much on volunteers Election Day is also not a national holiday . I am sure the country can afford a single day off every 2/4 years so people can vote . You don’t even need an extra holiday, Keep it on 4th July if you have to, what better to celebrate independence than casting your vote ? Free and fair elections is the foundation of democracy, with all the gerrymandering , ID rules , mail-in ballot issues, voter suppression I am not sure how free and fair US elections truly are and how much of the population they truly are represented
- cheez 6y ago
  States are there to implement federal guidelines as well as their own. Nothing stops the US federal government from passing a constitutional amendment or a law that forces this type of setup. Aside from the corruption you mentioned lol
  - manquer 6y ago
    Constitutional changes have to be ratified by at least 3/4 of the states so not really under federal government, unless the states buy-in as well. Of course it is lack of political will to make changes that is always the problem. In this case there is no intent as well. It is like congress voting its own salary? It took 202 years to pass the 27th Amendment after all and it has the just most basic of safeguards on compensation. The legislation governing legislators such as election laws, salary, term limits etc should not be controlled by them, this is a major flaw in many democratic systems.

by cheez 6y ago

manquer 6y ago

It works in India because elections are federally managed , and poll workers are federal employees who have to do the duty . In US the rules are per state and complicated also while mostly paid poll workers are really volunteering for the job . The second part surprises me all the time , US May have lesser polling booths if they have lesser people volunteer to be poll workers . Despite collecting so much tax and have so many government employees , Election Day in the US depends on so much on volunteers Election Day is also not a national holiday . I am sure the country can afford a single day off every 2/4 years so people can vote . You don’t even need an extra holiday, Keep it on 4th July if you have to, what better to celebrate independence than casting your vote ? Free and fair elections is the foundation of democracy, with all the gerrymandering , ID rules , mail-in ballot issues, voter suppression I am not sure how free and fair US elections truly are and how much of the population they truly are represented

cheez 6y ago
States are there to implement federal guidelines as well as their own. Nothing stops the US federal government from passing a constitutional amendment or a law that forces this type of setup. Aside from the corruption you mentioned lol
- manquer 6y ago
  Constitutional changes have to be ratified by at least 3/4 of the states so not really under federal government, unless the states buy-in as well. Of course it is lack of political will to make changes that is always the problem. In this case there is no intent as well. It is like congress voting its own salary? It took 202 years to pass the 27th Amendment after all and it has the just most basic of safeguards on compensation. The legislation governing legislators such as election laws, salary, term limits etc should not be controlled by them, this is a major flaw in many democratic systems.