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At this point I want yearly elections because it seems like election year is the only time the government does its job. Maybe even monthly elections!

xenospn 2y ago
We have elections every two years! Really more than enough.
- JohnFen 2y ago
  Far more than enough. We're basically always in an election cycle, and always being subjected to all the electioneering BS that brings. It's utterly exhausting and infuriating.
- anigbrowl 2y ago
  Imagine a job where you only undergo a performance review and the risk of not having your contract renewed once every two years. You have to be George Santos levels of untrustworthy to get ejected by your fellow legislators.
  - leereeves 2y ago
    As it should be. The legislators should be chosen by the people, not by other politicians. And I seriously doubt the people want to choose more than once every two years (many only vote once every four years).
    - anigbrowl 2y ago
      This rather misses the point that it's very easy for an incumbent to pass a biannual performance review unless they're massively corrupt or out of touch, which translates to giving politicians an undeserved level of job security.
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Cerium 2y ago
Why not continuous elections? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motion_of_no_confidence https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motion_of_no_confidence
- gruez 2y ago
  In practice nobody party is going to call a motion of no confidence over trivial stuff like this, so it's a poor substitute. Those mostly get triggered over failure to pass a budget, or over a deeply unpopular law/executive order.
- QuarterReptile 2y ago
  The Republican speaker of the house system.
burkaman 2y ago
Federal investigation of RealPage has been ongoing since at least 2022 (https://www.propublica.org/article/yieldstar-realpage-rent-doj-investigation-antitrust https://www.propublica.org/article/yieldstar-realpage-rent-d...).
psychlops 2y ago
You could have them every hour and would still have to choose between two candidates that nobody wants. There is a lot more to fix.
cyanydeez 2y ago
Or you could just stop electing Republicans for awhile.

xenospn 2y ago

We have elections every two years! Really more than enough.

JohnFen 2y ago
Far more than enough. We're basically always in an election cycle, and always being subjected to all the electioneering BS that brings. It's utterly exhausting and infuriating.
anigbrowl 2y ago
Imagine a job where you only undergo a performance review and the risk of not having your contract renewed once every two years. You have to be George Santos levels of untrustworthy to get ejected by your fellow legislators.
- leereeves 2y ago
  As it should be. The legislators should be chosen by the people, not by other politicians. And I seriously doubt the people want to choose more than once every two years (many only vote once every four years).
  - anigbrowl 2y ago
    This rather misses the point that it's very easy for an incumbent to pass a biannual performance review unless they're massively corrupt or out of touch, which translates to giving politicians an undeserved level of job security.

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Cerium 2y ago

Why not continuous elections? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motion_of_no_confidence https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motion_of_no_confidence

gruez 2y ago
In practice nobody party is going to call a motion of no confidence over trivial stuff like this, so it's a poor substitute. Those mostly get triggered over failure to pass a budget, or over a deeply unpopular law/executive order.
QuarterReptile 2y ago
The Republican speaker of the house system.

burkaman 2y ago

Federal investigation of RealPage has been ongoing since at least 2022 (https://www.propublica.org/article/yieldstar-realpage-rent-doj-investigation-antitrust https://www.propublica.org/article/yieldstar-realpage-rent-d...).

psychlops 2y ago

You could have them every hour and would still have to choose between two candidates that nobody wants. There is a lot more to fix.

cyanydeez 2y ago

Or you could just stop electing Republicans for awhile.