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dc551589 t1_ivl0t4p wrote

How to save America:

-Get rid of the Electoral College

-Expand SCOTUS

-Eliminate the filibuster

-Make Election Day a national holiday and/or allow simple mail in voting to be accessible everywhere

-Put an upper age limit on holding office

-Rank choice voting

Lastly, the current Republican Party needs to dissolve. Any remaining moderate (for America) republicans can form a new right wing party. Neo-liberal democrats can be the center party and we NEED a truly progressive party.

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flaker111 t1_ivlk2ao wrote

repeal citizens united

remove money from politics completely.

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dc551589 t1_ivlncqh wrote

Great additions. I don’t know how I missed reversing Citizens United. Among other things, that’s THE major contributing factor to allowing politicians to be easily bought.

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Pete-PDX t1_ivlqun6 wrote

I hear many people say ranked voting will solve problems. Not one has explained to me how that will happen.

Repealing Citizens United is missing from your list and without it -none of the other changes matter.

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dc551589 t1_ivlsij9 wrote

Agreed, as with another commenter, that I forgot Citizens United.

As far as how ranked choice voting is an improvement is because it’s a much fairer way to do things. What I mean is that the way ranked choice works is you pick your first choice, then second, third. etc. Think of a primary. Let’s say you really liked Maggie Hassan but if she couldn’t win your next choice would be Bernie, and let’s say your third is Biden. If Hassan doesn’t get enough votes to win there’s an instant runoff and the vote you cast for her would turn into a Bernie vote. Then if Bernie couldn’t do it the same thing would happen and your vote would turn into a Biden vote. Now imagine your first choice is Bernie but you HATE Hassan. You’d put whoever else as your second choice and then if Bernie doesn’t make the cut you won’t have wasted your vote. It would go to your second choice, or the candidate who “ranks” second for you. The current system is how you end up with Biden and a ton of democrats saying they don’t hate him but there not thrilled with a lot of aspects of his presidency.

ETA: ranked choice voting would only really show its benefits with more than a two party system in general elections. Although, it would eliminate people getting mad at people (justifiably) who vote for small third party candidates which, in the current system, is like throwing your vote away.

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Pete-PDX t1_ivpj416 wrote

>ETA: ranked choice voting would only really show its benefits with more than a two party system in general elections.

Exactly my thinking and we have a two party two major candidate system so nothing really changes.

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nagrom7 t1_ivmkvh9 wrote

Ranked choice allows for minor parties to run without essentially syphoning votes away from their preferred major. It means people will have more choice than D or R.

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Pete-PDX t1_ivpfv95 wrote

but how does change anything? It is still going to be an R or D that wins.

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nagrom7 t1_ivrcblh wrote

Maybe for the first couple elections, but eventually people will figure out that minor parties are a legitimate option and vote for them. The white house will still likely be stuck bouncing between R and D but seats in congress and even possibly the senate could start to be held by minors, and if enough are then it becomes impossible for either of the majors to get a majority and it forces them to negotiate with said minors to pass legislation.

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charlesfire t1_ivma174 wrote

>I hear many people say ranked voting will solve problems. Not one has explained to me how that will happen.

It favorises moderate options, which should help with the polarization issue the US currently have.

Edit : Also, it's easier for smaller parties to get votes with ranked choice voting.

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Pete-PDX t1_ivph5sy wrote

So what that that smaller parties get votes - that does not change they still will not be a elected.

Your other explanation is why I asked the question in the first place. Your reply was - "it should" but no details how. Ranked choice - vote 1 slot for polarizing candidate - don't vote for any one else. my biggest issues with Ranked choice there is no standard in how would. Without a standard there is no way you can determine if it will change anything or nothing at all.

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charlesfire t1_ivm9t7s wrote

  1. Yeah.
  2. Won't solve the issue in the long term. Put a term limit and make every president chose two new judge per presidential terms.
  3. Yeah.
  4. Making it an holiday won't solve all voting accessibility issues, but yeah, some improvements are needed.
  5. Yeah.
  6. Yeah.
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evoic t1_ivmc5k0 wrote

I would vote for you if you ran on that platform.

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krishopper t1_ivmmsuq wrote

Also term limits for everyone - congress, judges, and the like.

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