Which electoral reform would be easiest to implement in the States?

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Which electoral tweak would be easiest to implement?

Poll closed Aug 25, 2017.
  1. Campaign finance reform

    1 vote(s)
    33.3%
  2. Term limits

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%
  3. Voting system reform

    1 vote(s)
    33.3%
  4. A 'no campaigning' day just before polling day

    1 vote(s)
    33.3%
  5. Laws against gerrymandering

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    0.0%
  1. Greenleft

    Greenleft Well-Known Member

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    I'm not American so I ask: Which electoral reform would be easiest to implement in the United States considering the circumstances?

    With your vote, I would love to hear which one you prefer but the question is which one of the reforms would be most accepting to the ruling politicians and the voters (on the national level).
     
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  2. Jimmy79

    Jimmy79 Banned

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    None of these would ever be implemented because politicians rely on all of these thiings to stay in office.
     
  3. tecoyah

    tecoyah Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    Elimination of the Electoral College.

    This would effect gerrymandering, campaign finance, and voting right stability.
     
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    Jimmy79 Banned

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    How would eliminating the EC affect gerrymandering?
     
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    Hoosier8 Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    And put all states except those with welfare intensive cities at a disadvantage.
     
  6. tecoyah

    tecoyah Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    By eliminating district and county lines in a national election you remove the incentive to cheat the borders.
     
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    That doesn't answer the question though since district and county lines only matter in 2 states totaling 5 EC votes.
     
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    tecoyah Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    If you say so:
    "Each state chooses electors, totaling in number to that state's combined total of senators and representatives. There are a total of 538 electors, corresponding to the 435 representatives and 100 senators, plus the three electors for the District of Columbia as provided by the Twenty-third Amendment.[6] The Constitution bars any federal official, elected or appointed, from being an elector. The Office of the Federal Register is charged with administering the Electoral College.[7] Since the mid-19th century when all electors have been popularly chosen, the Electoral College has elected the candidate who received the most popular votes, except in four elections: 1876, 1888, 2000, and 2016. In 1824, there were six states in which electors were legislatively appointed, rather than popularly elected, so the true national popular vote is uncertain; the electors failed to select a winning candidate, so the matter was decided by the House of Representatives."
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electoral_College_(United_States)
     
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    You don't know how the EC works do you?
     
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    While that may be your wish, that certainly would not be the "easiest to implement", as is the question of the OP.
     
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    The electoral college is going to stay. There is no way it will get enough support among the states to get a constitutional amendment passed. Gerrymandering on the other hand can be handled at the state level very easily.
     
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    Finance is the most likely to be passed. Fixing our gerrymandering problem is the one I wish would pass. I hope they ;leave the EC alone.
     
  13. perdidochas

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    The only one of the above that shouldn't be touched is campaign finance reform. We are finding more and more that money does not equal votes. Any scheme for campaign finance reform is also known as a incumbent protection bill.
     
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    The EC has nothing to do with gerrymandering, except maybe in Maine and Nebraska.
     
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    But the district and county lines have nothing to do with the electoral college, except in Maine and Nebraska. Besides those states, the only district lines that have any bearing on the EC are state lines.
     
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    Will have to strongly disagree. I'd get into the details, but I don't think I can convince you. I'll only say that other countries have stricter campaign finance laws and I'll ask you to point out to me how those laws are the root cause problems in those countries.

    I take it you are no fan of TYT's Wolf PAC.
     

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