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I appreciate the effort and like a lot of this.My voting reform plan:
Any voting reform plan must be reduced to smaller, multiple bills & start with a bill that's more palatable for everyone.
1st bill:
+ Gerrymandering: States must use a politically neutral computer algorithm to design redistricting maps to ensure impartiality (algorithm would use official U.S. Census Bureau population data to draw redistricting maps), to be approved by 2 representatives of each political party represented in a state's Legislature.
+ National Photo Voter ID law: Photo ID required to vote. ID must be State or Federal issued.
- Voting precinct workers MUST check photo ID to verify identity before handing a ballot to a voter.
+ Voting precincts must offer to voters the option of using paper ballots or electronic voting.
+ Add to Voting Rights Act of 1965: States must ensure minimum number of voting facilities in minority areas (number to be determined by population in affected voting districts).
+ A law requiring all employers of businesses regardless of size to allow workers adequate time to exercise their right to vote without fear of punishment.
+ Allocate $10 million to each state to strengthen security of state voter rolls & overall voter data.
+ Allocate $50 million for electronic voting machine security.
+ Increase Federal penalties for:
- Any kind of voter intimidation or fraud.
- Election official intimidation (includes precinct workers).
- Voting machine, ballot box or drop box tampering.
- Potential fines increased by $500,000 & potential jail time increased by 5 years.
2nd bill:
+ States required to have early voting start at least 15 days, including weekends, prior to Election Day.
+ Voter Roll Purges: State's voter roll purges to be overseen by bipartisan judge panel & must be approved by 2 representatives of each political party represented in a state's Legislature before being made official.
+ Restoration of felon voting rights
- Felons get voting rights restored when:
- Prison times fully served
- All fines paid in full
- Parole/probation ends
3rd bill:
+ Campaign Finance Reform
- Restrict U.S. companies with more then 10% foreign control/ownership from spending money in elections.
- Increase penalties of FEC violations by PACs.
- Increase penalties of FEC violations for campaign donation misuse by candidates.
Fully support. However, I've looked into this a good bit and algorithms are as fallible as the people who make them. Not suggesting you believed it is a bullet proof solutions, but there can be issues with it. However, it can hardly be worse than what we have now lmao.+ Gerrymandering: States must use a politically neutral computer algorithm to design redistricting maps to ensure impartiality (algorithm would use official U.S. Census Bureau population data to draw redistricting maps), to be approved by 2 representatives of each political party represented in a state's Legislature.
As long as they are free and distributed by the state at no cost to citizens, sounds good. Could even streamline voting if done well.+ National Photo Voter ID law: Photo ID required to vote. ID must be State or Federal issued.
- Voting precinct workers MUST check photo ID to verify identity before handing a ballot to a voter.
I'm actually against electronic voting. Mail in is much more secure. There really is no meaningful way to secure electronic voting at the level it needs to be.+ Voting precincts must offer to voters the option of using paper ballots or electronic voting.
Epic. 110% here for it.+ Add to Voting Rights Act of 1965: States must ensure minimum number of voting facilities in minority areas (number to be determined by population in affected voting districts).
Beautiful. This alone would be a massive positive change.+ A law requiring all employers of businesses regardless of size to allow workers adequate time to exercise their right to vote without fear of punishment.
+ Allocate $10 million to each state to strengthen security of state voter rolls & overall voter data.
+ Allocate $50 million for electronic voting machine security.
Voter fraud is already a pretty high risk low reward crime, but sure.+ Increase Federal penalties for:
- Any kind of voter intimidation or fraud.
- Election official intimidation (includes precinct workers).
- Voting machine, ballot box or drop box tampering.
- Potential fines increased by $500,000 & potential jail time increased by 5 years.
Also epic. Very much needed.+ States required to have early voting start at least 15 days, including weekends, prior to Election Day.
Sounds good.+ Voter Roll Purges: State's voter roll purges to be overseen by bipartisan judge panel & must be approved by 2 representatives of each political party represented in a state's Legislature before being made official.
I love this.+ Restoration of felon voting rights
- Felons get voting rights restored when:
- Prison times fully served
- All fines paid in full
- Parole/probation ends
I think we can go further than this, but I'm not against this change.+ Campaign Finance Reform
- Restrict U.S. companies with more then 10% foreign control/ownership from spending money in elections.
- Increase penalties of FEC violations by PACs.
- Increase penalties of FEC violations for campaign donation misuse by candidates.
The problem with that is some states won't bother with securing the data and ensuring machine security integrity.My only objections are with federal funding.
+ Allocate $10 million to each state to strengthen security of state voter rolls & overall voter data.
+ Allocate $50 million for electronic voting machine security.
Each state can be responsible for their security of state voter rolls & overall voter data. They shouldn't lean on Federal for this stuff.
The rest seems reasonable.
Abolishing gerrymandering would require a constitutional amendment both at the federal and state level+ Gerrymandering: States must use a politically neutral computer algorithm to design redistricting maps to ensure impartiality (algorithm would use official U.S. Census Bureau population data to draw redistricting maps), to be approved by 2 representatives of each political party represented in a state's Legislature.
The "Real ID" program in progress will cover that.+ National Photo Voter ID law: Photo ID required to vote. ID must be State or Federal issued.
I don't believe in hardcore violent felons ever getting their voting rights back.+ Restoration of felon voting rights
- Felons get voting rights restored when:
- Prison times fully served
- All fines paid in full
- Parole/probation ends
I don't believe in early voting other then by traditional absentee ballot.States required to have early voting start at least 15 days, including weekends, prior to Election Day.
This is clearly a sincere, well thought out proposal.My voting reform plan:
Any voting reform plan must be reduced to smaller, multiple bills & start with a bill that's more palatable for everyone.
1st bill:
+ Gerrymandering: States must use a politically neutral computer algorithm to design redistricting maps to ensure impartiality (algorithm would use official U.S. Census Bureau population data to draw redistricting maps), to be approved by 2 representatives of each political party represented in a state's Legislature.
+ National Photo Voter ID law: Photo ID required to vote. ID must be State or Federal issued.
- Voting precinct workers MUST check photo ID to verify identity before handing a ballot to a voter.
+ Voting precincts must offer to voters the option of using paper ballots or electronic voting.
+ Add to Voting Rights Act of 1965: States must ensure minimum number of voting facilities in minority areas (number to be determined by population in affected voting districts).
+ A law requiring all employers of businesses regardless of size to allow workers adequate time to exercise their right to vote without fear of punishment.
+ Allocate $10 million to each state to strengthen security of state voter rolls & overall voter data.
+ Allocate $50 million for electronic voting machine security.
+ Increase Federal penalties for:
- Any kind of voter intimidation or fraud.
- Election official intimidation (includes precinct workers).
- Voting machine, ballot box or drop box tampering.
- Potential fines increased by $500,000 & potential jail time increased by 5 years.
2nd bill:
+ States required to have early voting start at least 15 days, including weekends, prior to Election Day.
+ Voter Roll Purges: State's voter roll purges to be overseen by bipartisan judge panel & must be approved by 2 representatives of each political party represented in a state's Legislature before being made official.
+ Restoration of felon voting rights
- Felons get voting rights restored when:
- Prison times fully served
- All fines paid in full
- Parole/probation ends
3rd bill:
+ Campaign Finance Reform
- Restrict U.S. companies with more then 10% foreign control/ownership from spending money in elections.
- Increase penalties of FEC violations by PACs.
- Increase penalties of FEC violations for campaign donation misuse by candidates.
I would strengthen campaign finance reform and give an answer to try and reverse citizens united, but this is a good opening.My voting reform plan:
Any voting reform plan must be reduced to smaller, multiple bills & start with a bill that's more palatable for everyone.
1st bill:
+ Gerrymandering: States must use a politically neutral computer algorithm to design redistricting maps to ensure impartiality (algorithm would use official U.S. Census Bureau population data to draw redistricting maps), to be approved by 2 representatives of each political party represented in a state's Legislature.
+ National Photo Voter ID law: Photo ID required to vote. ID must be State or Federal issued.
- Voting precinct workers MUST check photo ID to verify identity before handing a ballot to a voter.
+ Voting precincts must offer to voters the option of using paper ballots or electronic voting.
+ Add to Voting Rights Act of 1965: States must ensure minimum number of voting facilities in minority areas (number to be determined by population in affected voting districts).
+ A law requiring all employers of businesses regardless of size to allow workers adequate time to exercise their right to vote without fear of punishment.
+ Allocate $10 million to each state to strengthen security of state voter rolls & overall voter data.
+ Allocate $50 million for electronic voting machine security.
+ Increase Federal penalties for:
- Any kind of voter intimidation or fraud.
- Election official intimidation (includes precinct workers).
- Voting machine, ballot box or drop box tampering.
- Potential fines increased by $500,000 & potential jail time increased by 5 years.
2nd bill:
+ States required to have early voting start at least 15 days, including weekends, prior to Election Day.
+ Voter Roll Purges: State's voter roll purges to be overseen by bipartisan judge panel & must be approved by 2 representatives of each political party represented in a state's Legislature before being made official.
+ Restoration of felon voting rights
- Felons get voting rights restored when:
- Prison times fully served
- All fines paid in full
- Parole/probation ends
3rd bill:
+ Campaign Finance Reform
- Restrict U.S. companies with more then 10% foreign control/ownership from spending money in elections.
- Increase penalties of FEC violations by PACs.
- Increase penalties of FEC violations for campaign donation misuse by candidates.
My voting reform plan:
BAD+ National Photo Voter ID law: Photo ID required to vote. ID must be State or Federal issued.
BAD- Voting precinct workers MUST check photo ID to verify identity before handing a ballot to a voter.
if done fairly, sure+ Allocate $10 million to each state to strengthen security of state voter rolls & overall voter data.
not a problem now-----so only if needed+ Allocate $50 million for electronic voting machine security.
My voting reform plan:
Any voting reform plan must be reduced to smaller, multiple bills & start with a bill that's more palatable for everyone.
1st bill:
+ Gerrymandering: States must use a politically neutral computer algorithm to design redistricting maps to ensure impartiality (algorithm would use official U.S. Census Bureau population data to draw redistricting maps), to be approved by 2 representatives of each political party represented in a state's Legislature.
+ National Photo Voter ID law: Photo ID required to vote. ID must be State or Federal issued.
- Voting precinct workers MUST check photo ID to verify identity before handing a ballot to a voter.
+ Voting precincts must offer to voters the option of using paper ballots or electronic voting.
+ Add to Voting Rights Act of 1965: States must ensure minimum number of voting facilities in minority areas (number to be determined by population in affected voting districts).
+ A law requiring all employers of businesses regardless of size to allow workers adequate time to exercise their right to vote without fear of punishment.
+ Allocate $10 million to each state to strengthen security of state voter rolls & overall voter data.
+ Allocate $50 million for electronic voting machine security.
+ Increase Federal penalties for:
- Any kind of voter intimidation or fraud.
- Election official intimidation (includes precinct workers).
- Voting machine, ballot box or drop box tampering.
- Potential fines increased by $500,000 & potential jail time increased by 5 years.
2nd bill:
+ States required to have early voting start at least 15 days, including weekends, prior to Election Day.
+ Voter Roll Purges: State's voter roll purges to be overseen by bipartisan judge panel & must be approved by 2 representatives of each political party represented in a state's Legislature before being made official.
+ Restoration of felon voting rights
- Felons get voting rights restored when:
- Prison times fully served
- All fines paid in full
- Parole/probation ends
3rd bill:
+ Campaign Finance Reform
- Restrict U.S. companies with more then 10% foreign control/ownership from spending money in elections.
- Increase penalties of FEC violations by PACs.
- Increase penalties of FEC violations for campaign donation misuse by candidates.
Noticed that. Wonder why.There's no provision for mail in voting, Felon's fines are often well beyond their capability to repay, and your voter ID thing is strictly republican wet dream material.
I'm sure there's more, I just got tired of messing with it.
Ya gotta love Kansas, home of the Great Failed State Experiment.1. The unequal voting-power that results from the Electoral College must be abolished.
2. Republicans need to be tried for election fraud for perpetrating Interstate Crosscheck.
Forget your conservative reforms till after these two issues are fully addressed.
Ya gotta love Kansas, home of the Great Failed State Experiment.
And Bownback should be his cellmate.That mother****er Kris Kobach should be in Leavenworth Penitentiary.
And Bownback should be his cellmate.
Any law requiring photo ID must also provide free and (if necessary due to time required) compensated access to acquiring that ID. If it costs money or time that any citizen would lose by going to get it, that needs to be compensated for to avoid dissuading people from getting the ID necessary to vote.My voting reform plan:
Any voting reform plan must be reduced to smaller, multiple bills & start with a bill that's more palatable for everyone.
1st bill:
+ Gerrymandering: States must use a politically neutral computer algorithm to design redistricting maps to ensure impartiality (algorithm would use official U.S. Census Bureau population data to draw redistricting maps), to be approved by 2 representatives of each political party represented in a state's Legislature.
+ National Photo Voter ID law: Photo ID required to vote. ID must be State or Federal issued.
- Voting precinct workers MUST check photo ID to verify identity before handing a ballot to a voter.
+ Voting precincts must offer to voters the option of using paper ballots or electronic voting.
+ Add to Voting Rights Act of 1965: States must ensure minimum number of voting facilities in minority areas (number to be determined by population in affected voting districts).
+ A law requiring all employers of businesses regardless of size to allow workers adequate time to exercise their right to vote without fear of punishment.
+ Allocate $10 million to each state to strengthen security of state voter rolls & overall voter data.
+ Allocate $50 million for electronic voting machine security.
+ Increase Federal penalties for:
- Any kind of voter intimidation or fraud.
- Election official intimidation (includes precinct workers).
- Voting machine, ballot box or drop box tampering.
- Potential fines increased by $500,000 & potential jail time increased by 5 years.
2nd bill:
+ States required to have early voting start at least 15 days, including weekends, prior to Election Day.
+ Voter Roll Purges: State's voter roll purges to be overseen by bipartisan judge panel & must be approved by 2 representatives of each political party represented in a state's Legislature before being made official.
+ Restoration of felon voting rights
- Felons get voting rights restored when:
- Prison times fully served
- All fines paid in full
- Parole/probation ends
3rd bill:
+ Campaign Finance Reform
- Restrict U.S. companies with more then 10% foreign control/ownership from spending money in elections.
- Increase penalties of FEC violations by PACs.
- Increase penalties of FEC violations for campaign donation misuse by candidates.
My voting reform plan:
Any voting reform plan must be reduced to smaller, multiple bills & start with a bill that's more palatable for everyone.
1st bill:
+ Gerrymandering: States must use a politically neutral computer algorithm to design redistricting maps to ensure impartiality (algorithm would use official U.S. Census Bureau population data to draw redistricting maps), to be approved by 2 representatives of each political party represented in a state's Legislature.
+ National Photo Voter ID law: Photo ID required to vote. ID must be State or Federal issued.
- Voting precinct workers MUST check photo ID to verify identity before handing a ballot to a voter.
+ Voting precincts must offer to voters the option of using paper ballots or electronic voting.
+ Add to Voting Rights Act of 1965: States must ensure minimum number of voting facilities in minority areas (number to be determined by population in affected voting districts).
+ A law requiring all employers of businesses regardless of size to allow workers adequate time to exercise their right to vote without fear of punishment.
+ Allocate $10 million to each state to strengthen security of state voter rolls & overall voter data.
+ Allocate $50 million for electronic voting machine security.
+ Increase Federal penalties for:
- Any kind of voter intimidation or fraud.
- Election official intimidation (includes precinct workers).
- Voting machine, ballot box or drop box tampering.
- Potential fines increased by $500,000 & potential jail time increased by 5 years.
2nd bill:
+ States required to have early voting start at least 15 days, including weekends, prior to Election Day.
+ Voter Roll Purges: State's voter roll purges to be overseen by bipartisan judge panel & must be approved by 2 representatives of each political party represented in a state's Legislature before being made official.
+ Restoration of felon voting rights
- Felons get voting rights restored when:
- Prison times fully served
- All fines paid in full
- Parole/probation ends
3rd bill:
+ Campaign Finance Reform
- Restrict U.S. companies with more then 10% foreign control/ownership from spending money in elections.
- Increase penalties of FEC violations by PACs.
- Increase penalties of FEC violations for campaign donation misuse by candidates.
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