How to hold a truly fair election ...

[dogtag]

Every citizen on becoming aged 18 should sign up and be
placed on the election roster - no party affiliation noted.
This should be mandatory. A special commission would be tasked
with keeping the roster up to date - deceased deleted, re-locations
noted, etc. Absentee ballots allowed, but all other voting to be
done in person. Allow two days for voting and a further day for
finalizing the count.
A mandatory three year prison sentence for knowingly casting a
fraudulent vote.

Something should also be done regarding the excruciatingly long
campaign period and about the enormous sums spent. Time and
monies that could be put to better use.
I'll have to think about that one.

[lyman]

Every citizen on becoming aged 18 should sign up and be
placed on the election roster - no party affiliation noted.
This should be mandatory. A special commission would be tasked
with keeping the roster up to date - deceased deleted, re-locations
noted, etc. Absentee ballots allowed, but all other voting to be
done in person. Allow two days for voting and a further day for
finalizing the count.
A mandatory three year prison sentence for knowingly casting a
fraudulent vote.

Something should also be done regarding the excruciatingly long
campaign period and about the enormous sums spent. Time and
monies that could be put to better use.
I'll have to think about that one.

we could stand another round of Campaign reform,




we (residents of Va) used to just have to show a Driver License to vote, or ID card,
easy to get an ID card at the DMV, no real hassle and not that expensive,

yet that was considered to be a very bad thing, and dropped,

now, I had to show my Voter's Registration Card to vote, which is free, and mailed to you, and not considered a bad thing,

[Vern Humphrey]

we could stand another round of Campaign reform,




we (residents of Va) used to just have to show a Driver License to vote, or ID card,
easy to get an ID card at the DMV, no real hassle and not that expensive,

yet that was considered to be a very bad thing, and dropped,

now, I had to show my Voter's Registration Card to vote, which is free, and mailed to you, and not considered a bad thing,

The fundamental problem is, limiting the campaign season and limiting spending are both unconstitutional. I could go around right now saying, "Vote for me for President in 2040" and that would be my right under the First Amendment. And I could buy ads to say that -- First Amendment, again.

I was in Singapore and a very respected local writer, Dr. Catherine Lim wrote a piece for the paper, saying the Prime Minister was somewhat restricted by the Senior Minister, Lee Kuan Yew.

The next edition of the paper carried a blistering response from the Prime Minister, saying he was NOT restricted by the Senior Minister! He closed by saying, "If Dr. Lim wants to write about politics, let her run for office." That took my breath away! Ordinary people aren't allowed to discuss politics?

Within 6 months, an American Senator said the same thing in nearly the same words -- defending his bill that limited how much people could contribute to political campaigns.

Want to guess the name of the Senator?

[dogtag]

I didn't realize the Constitution was still viable. I thought the democrats had scrapped it.

[Vern Humphrey]

I didn't realize the Constitution was still viable. I thought the democrats had scrapped it.

They have. But I took an oath to support the Constitution long ago, and that oath doesn't have an expiration date.