[Winona Online Democracy] Hello Joliene and Others, You said, "that as I read about how the electoral college came to be that it is a good process. I don't think that it should be tinkered with." When I first read about how the Electoral College came to be, I was surprised by the class and aristrocratic prejudices behind it. In your opinion, what makes it a "good process"? It's neat to see how so many of today's discussions resemble those at the turn of the century when the debates concerning the direct elections of Senators were taking place. Dwayne Voegeli =============== >From: "Joliene Olson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "onlinedemocracy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: [Winona] Ballots and election judges >Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2000 14:04:36 -0600 >MIME-Version: 1.0 >X-Priority: 3 >X-MSMail-Priority: Normal >X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 >Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Precedence: bulk > > I, too, have been following the dialogue about the election, >electoral college, etc with interest. It seems to me, that as I read >about how the electoral college came to be that it is a good process. I >don't think that it should be tinkered with. I do believe however, that >more uniformity needs to be found in the election process. This would >include better use of technology, very simple and clear ballots (maybe >standardized nationally) and better training of election judges. When >coupled with more consistent information being available as to where to >vote we should be able to assure the voter and the candidates of a >democratic process. It is true that there will always be someone who >'doesn't get it' no matter what is done but it is clear that much >improvement is possible. I think we can start right here at home by >being sure that every voting place in our area is set up with helpful >people, clear process and then lobby our state and national legislators >to work at their levels for the same thing. Who is in charge of >training our election judges, getting information out etc. I know that >the judges at my polling place said they were short of people for >judges. I plan to get involved. How about the rest of you? Will you >help too? Joliene [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ---------------- This message was posted to the Winona Online Democracy Project. Please visit http://onlinedemocracy.winona.org to subscribe or unsubscribe. Please sign all messages posted to this list with your actual name. Posting of commercial solicitations is not allowed on this list. Report problems to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
