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Maybe at least the people that put them in power (voters). But being honest, it wasn't just voters.
by kelvinjps10 6mo ago
Maybe at least the people that put them in power (voters). But being honest, it wasn't just voters.
- bobthepanda 6mo agoNonvoters would win the Electoral College if that was a thing.
- jojomodding 6mo agoNonvoters implicitly consent to the outcome ahead of time. Which means that they can carry part of the blame--if they didn't like it they could have voted against it.
- zzrrt 6mo agoHot take: if <80% of eligible voters show up, nobody wins and the same politicians stay in office for another year, even if term limits would normally apply.
- bluefirebrand 6mo agoHow about instead it immediately triggers another new election and the people who ran previously are not eligible to run ever again
- pjc50 6mo agoSlightly less left field proposal: failure to pass a budget should immediately force fresh elections (both houses plus presidency), as it would in a Parliamentary system. None of this "shutdown" nonsense.
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- tardedmeme 6mo agoThat means the politicians currently in power only need 20% to stay in power, instead of 50%. It should be mandatory voting like in Australia instead. You don't cast a ballot, you get fined, and voting day is a mandatory national holiday. If you really don't want to cast a ballot, you cast a blank or invalid one.
- zzrrt 6mo agoTrue. I'd support national holiday for it in US. Also the fine I would support, but it might require a constitutional amendment (seems unlikely these days).
- mjcarden 6mo agoYes, in Australia we have compulsory voting, but no national holiday. Polling day is on a Saturday, so most people can get to their local polling booth pretty easily. And since COVID, pre-poll postal votes have become even more popular and the Australian Electoral Commission has a really secure and streamlined process for these, proved over decades.