Sounds good but also sounds expensive...
On Wed, 3 Nov 2004 12:51:24 -0600, Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Andy wrote: > > 1. First, the total number of voters was still too low. We should be 80%+ > > Same day registration, election day holiday, federally funded elections. > > > 2. The level of education of the average voter seems to still be lower then > > it should be. We need to find better ways to get better information on > > candidates positions and records to the masses (not everyone has access to > > the great exchange on this list!) > > + Eliminate the electoral college in favor of instant runoff > primaries, secondaries, and general. > > + Every ad or press release must contain a "fact check" section by an > independent organization, possibly federally funded. > > + Schedule 3 - 5 town hall debates; all questions must be answered to > the satisfaction of the questioner, long answers will deduct time from > the next question. > > + Candidates must tour together to every state, and then by choice > again if they'd like. > > > 3. We need an active, vibrant, meaningful 3rd party to add a check and > > balance to the two parties that exist today > > Eliminating the electoral college in favor of instant runoff which > would mean that you could have 5 candidates from the same party on the > ballot. > > I would suggest that we have an instant runoff primary limited to the > top 20 polling candidates from which the top 5 move on to the > secondary. The secondary determines the top 3 candidates for the > general election. > > The top 5 candidates get federal funding, a spending cap, and are > subject to the "ad review" as is the top 3. > > The top 3 must tour together to every state and take part in 3-5 > townhall debates subject to the rules I mentioned above. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=11 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:133911 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
