How to Fix Washington

This idea is not mine. A colleague of mine suggested it during a discussion. I found it so convincing and powerful I needed to make a video describing it.

To learn more about Instant Runoff Voting check out this article

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instant-runoff_voting

To download this video go to
http://www.mediafire.com/?fnncxyvntjx

Learn the facts, spread the truth, and most importantly, Think About It.

Category:

News & Politics

Tags:

• Election
• Reform
• Instant
• Runoff
• Vote
• Candidate
• Party
• Democrat
• Independent
• Republican
• Third
• Constitution
• Electoral
• College

[Promatheos]

I wish this video would get featured.

[antiantiantifahool]

i agree that the electoral system should be reformed: but who can change the electoral system?

-the people who benefit from it (republicans, democrats)

so why should they change it?

they won't!

so who can change the system?

-only the people! no representatives - just the people

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elections don't change anything, or else they would be illegal

[electgmax]

Much like Operation Iraqi Freedom, you have the right general idea, but botch every step of the execution: (1) The two big parties are actually nominating the most "centrist" candidates that they can muster, like Kerry and Romney, which is why they seem so similar. The Green, Libertarian, and Constitution parties are quite extreme by comparison. (2) Centrist views are crap. (3) The electoral vote isn't the problem; the popular vote is. Read the Federalist Papers. (4) Approval voting > rank votes

[FoxOutsideBox]

Sounds good to me except I think the majority of Americans are too stupid (ignorant/uninformed/apathetic­) to perform the "complex" task of voting in this manner. Does an election go by where the public isn't confused in some way by the voting machine?

I think the best solution would be to require an intelligence test to be allowed to vote. We have too many stupid rednecks voting for the cowboy-hat-wearingest republican, and too many stupid blacks voting for...the black guy.

[ColumbiaGorgeGuy]

A way to reform our election process that I would propose (not exactly a new idea I admit) would be reforming campaign financing. Instead of big corporations pouring huge amounts of money into one canidates fund, and ensuring big benefits for themselves later on, the contributions would go into one big pot so to speak. It would then be evenly distributed among all candidates of all parties, enabling third parties the ability to get the air time they need to get their views out there.

[sillysully93]

2:59 Its actually used in governmental elections in Ireland too

[discipleoftheteapot]

1) 3rd parties are not centrist

2) the country is not centrist - majority are pro-life, pro-medicare/medicaid, etc

3) USA is far to the right of other western democracies - democrats are centre-right by european standards - most rational policies are considered 'radical-left' such as legalisation of drugs and massive defence cuts

Therefore, I would support a system which benefits third parties but only because they are a rejection of the enforced centrism of the 2 party system

[Pascalatron]

Equity though?? If a minority is made less significant it leaves a little possibility they will get discriminated in some way or an other?

[TheRadicalRyushin]

The President can make edicts which have the force of law, but are simply temporary throughout the course of time before Parliament and Congress can act in creating said law or disapproving the passing of said law. Usually if something is very dire and it runs off the money the President has in surplus or adds upon the deficit, but this would be only one to two year stuff, so it wouldn't be that costly, and he needs to first pass the measure through the Council of Governors.

[TheRadicalRyushin]

Then you have four more branches of government. The Authoritarian or Legitimacy Branch, Electoral, Advisory, and Constitutional.

By the way, the President is largely independent of the government as matters of the government would be divided and ran by the three prime ministers in retrospect to their own region. President's authority is to break up any disagreement between then and to supervise over the Foreign Chief Minister who heads the military and State Department as well as diplomats.

[TheRadicalRyushin]

Actually the Chief Judges of the Superior Courts would have to be elected upon approval by the Supreme Court and Nomination by the President. All other Judges are appointed by the President, upon discretion made by the elected Chief Judge and the approval of the Supreme Court.

All Chief Judges, Appointed Judges, and Supreme Justices are elected politically independent like the President, Senators, and 2/3 of Congressmen. As I have explained earlier.

[TheRadicalRyushin]

Judicial System: Divided by an elected Supreme Court and Appointed Lesser Superior Courts (Civilian, Military, Criminal, Administrative, Equity, Tribal (independent from the others and only concerning Native Americans), and Ecclesiastical which behave on matters separate from any of the others and can easily be over-ridden by the Supreme Court if they address a matter that goes beyond separation of church and the state).

Establish precedents on the basis of the philosophy of Justice.