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Re:Vote.org is a non-profit that wants to get the U.S. to 10... by samstave on Tuesday May 17, 2016 @06:26PM (#11718094)
We need a TV channel/website that simply states the facts of the positions each politician holds, where they are from, when their elections are coming up and their voting record based on their supposed stance.

There are SO many things that we can do.

We invest supposedly in physical and technical infra, but never in political....

THAT is the revolution I want to see.

Re:Vote.org is a non-profit that wants to get the U.S. to 10... by dublinben on Tuesday May 17, 2016 @06:50PM (#11718265)
Every campaign website I have ever seen clearly explains the candidates position on all relevant issues. If you are looking for third party sources, you can also see the information compiled be VoteSmart.org and OnTheIssues.org.

Your state's Secretary of State office will list upcoming elections, and BallotPedia.org collects many of these.

The resources are already out there and available. It says something that you didn't even know that though.

Re:Vote.org is a non-profit that wants to get the U.S. to 10... by samstave on Tuesday May 17, 2016 @07:18PM (#11718423)
Thank you, let me amend my statement and we just need to better educate people on where to find this info.
Re:Vote.org is a non-profit that wants to get the U.S. to 10... by specialist on Wednesday May 18, 2016 @12:59AM (#11719863)
Some of the struggle is due to silly arcana. For example, the local deadline for submitting candidate statements is immediately after filing week, but before endorsements can be known. So crucial signals voters rely on are often missing.

The only fix is to keep pushing for improvements. Explain the problems to the gatekeepers, lobby for change.

Re:Vote.org is a non-profit that wants to get the U.S. to 10... by dragonwriter on Tuesday May 17, 2016 @07:19PM (#11718432)
> We need a TV channel/website that simply states the facts of the positions each politician holds

Even the politicians themselves don't portray this consistently, so the "facts" of that are often subject to doubt.

Re:Vote.org is a non-profit that wants to get the U.S. to 10... by MikeNomad on Tuesday May 17, 2016 @10:54PM (#11719390)
If you want to watch the sausage being made in real-time, there are a couple of channels of C-SPAN.
Re:Vote.org is a non-profit that wants to get the U.S. to 10... by facetube on Wednesday May 18, 2016 @12:11AM (#11719671)
Oregon has this, but not on television. There's a voter information book that's mailed to anyone who has a mailbox, a couple weeks before ballots go out. It contains non-partisan descriptions of issues, candidate-provided statements, and arguments for/against with a verified source for each. IIRC anyone can pay some small amount of money to have a position/argument included.