Re:Your company can increase voter turnout: make Election Da...
by IncRnd on Wednesday January 17, 2018 @04:59PM
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I have some questions that I hope you will answer.
1. Why is mandatory voting needed? Currently, only the people who want to be informed and involved are voters.
To answer your questions about why Felons can't vote: The US doesn't have a national right to vote. In national elections the states vote not the people.
2. There are several methods called Preferential voting, but it sounds like you are describing Bucklin voting. The system, as you describe it, can elect the person who is everyone's last choice, which I presume is the opposite effect from what you want. Were you aware of that?
3. What's wrong with early voting or voting by mail? If you want your vote to count without having to wait in lines, there are already methods available to registered voters.
5. You are arguing both for and against voting. Don't you think that the people should have a say in who their Supervisor of Election is, instead of there being a bunch of unelected, appointed people deciding how elections are run?
1. Why is mandatory voting needed? Currently, only the people who want to be informed and involved are voters.
To answer your questions about why Felons can't vote: The US doesn't have a national right to vote. In national elections the states vote not the people.
2. There are several methods called Preferential voting, but it sounds like you are describing Bucklin voting. The system, as you describe it, can elect the person who is everyone's last choice, which I presume is the opposite effect from what you want. Were you aware of that?
3. What's wrong with early voting or voting by mail? If you want your vote to count without having to wait in lines, there are already methods available to registered voters.
5. You are arguing both for and against voting. Don't you think that the people should have a say in who their Supervisor of Election is, instead of there being a bunch of unelected, appointed people deciding how elections are run?