Tuesday, November 2, 2010

We want people to vote ... and we want people to know what they are voting about? I find that very hard to believe.

I believe if we really did, something very like the following would be required.

1> THREE, not two, not four debates on C-Span, etc. each and every election...one in August, one in September, one in October leading up to election for EACH AND EVERY elective position. Don't want to debate? Fine, your off the ballot.

2> MUCH easier ways to see ALL voting records for ALL candidates EVERY election.

Do those things, and I believe MANY more people will be enthusiastic about voting.

Ads on TV, etc. saying vote for x, because they are better than y, paid for by people for x, ... endless telephone calls from candidates saying you should vote for them, etc. ... tell no thinking person anything and in my opinion are actually detrimental to democracy.

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