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Voting My
Opinion
The
democratic process in which the population elects
government officials and determine the social,
economic and cultural path a nation will take.
Voting is the one way the average citizen can
express their feelings about the way politicians are
running their country and economy. It should never
be taken lightly nor should it be ignored or
marginalized. We have been
asked why the first week in November is the period
for Federal election. The answer is simple the early
republic was based on agriculture and that is the
period of time after the fall crop has been
harvested and the fields lay fallow. The farmers
thus had the time and ability to vote.
We are
facing a challenge
to our
Democracy that
has far reaching
effect not only to
our country but the
political systems
that are struggling
through out the
planet. Are we going
to be ruled by
autocrats or
dictators or are
we going to maintain
our democratic
heritage and
encourage others to
develop their own.
Our
First Amendment
outlined our desires
and dreams for a
better government
and world. The key
to maintaining and
strengthening our
Democracy is the
power of the
vote. It is the
keystone to how we
as a people
want to effect the
course of action we
want our government
to take.
Here are my suggestions:
1. Strengthen and modify the
Voting Rights Act , the
1975 Amendment and the
recent
Supreme Court Ruling to
eliminate any chance for
voter suppression and encourage
the right of every person to vote. A
true democracy is one in which
Social Justice is applied to
everyone equally so that each
individual feels a functioning part
of a society, culture and national
conscious. The individual would thus
have a stake in the economy, culture
and government.
2. Make all voting districts
creations be done not by
legislatures but by independent
non-partisan commissions.
3. Modify the
Election Process of the Presidency
by Eliminate the
Electoral College and have the
Presidential candidate that receives
the most votes become the next
President.
4. Move the
Presidential inauguration to one
month from the certification of the
votes (certification set by federal
law).
5. Set up a non-partisan commission
whose sole function would be to
investigate any charge of lying,
misrepresentation of information by
a candidate. If found guilty they
would be banned from running or
office and denied any future
candidacy. *
6. A third non-partisan commission
needs to be established to
investigate any charges of fraud or
voter irregularity. If substantial,
verifiable, evidence is found, they
can call for an audit and recount.
Any individual, organization,
government agency or company that is
found to be liable would be
submitted to the federal, local and
state investigative agencies for
prosecution. Furthermore any person
or organization that submits false
evidence would be charged with
interfering with the voting process,
with severe penalties.*
7. Set up another non-partisan
commission that would also
investigate charges of lying,
favoritism, misrepresentation of
information by any media. If found
guilty they would be fined and
subject to loss of license and
banning from social media, the
airways and the internet.
8. Make laws that ban
dark money. Every contributor to
a campaign must make their name
public, who they gave the money too.
Those who received the money must
also state who they received the
money from.*
9. Social Media needs to do a much
better job and monitoring posts to
insure that what is being presented
is accurate.* 10. Require all federal
agencies to cooperate with the
President Elect in the
transition, under the penalty of
law. 11. Require that all
citizens be automatically registered
to vote at the time of birth.
12. Increase the political
separation of the DOJ from
infringing on the voting process.
13. All voting by law must be open,
monitored and subject to
investigation
14. People who voted by
early voting or absentee ballots and
soon thereafter died, should always
have their votes counted. They were
citizens at the time they voted and
their death should never be criteria
for dismissal.
Stanford SIEPR recently had and
"Article Dead People Don't Vote".
* Many might state what
about freedom of speech and press.
We all have those freedoms but not
the freedom to lie.
