(04-13-2022, 09:59 PM)mikesez Wrote:

(04-13-2022, 09:33 PM)Lucky2Last Wrote: I'm open to other voting methods, especially in the primaries. I am not open to changing our federal electoral system. Here's a compromise. Party primaries get standardized rules that binds their convention to choose the party winner as decided by the people. Primaries adopt a ranked choice style. Candidates are ranked and the person with the most votes wins. For the national election, we follow the constitution and use only the nominees from parties that are recognized in at least 3/4s of the states. That seems simple enough.

That's a pretty good start. 
We agree that their should not be a direct national election for President.  Unfortunately that's a popular idea, mostly Democrats who want to avenge 2000 and 2016. 
We agree that the way parties pick candidates is where the problem starts.  The states have a lot of authority to change this.  Florida could decide tomorrow that they won't do Presidential primaries at all, or do them a totally different way, but would it mean anything if the other states don't take similar steps? I have read Article II and Amendment 12 many times and I don't think the federal government has the authority to create a new primary or nominating process for President. Would you be open to amending the constitution to allow for that? Or would you be open to an interstate compact for that?

Separate but related, do you agree that we need to improve how we pick candidates for other offices, not just President? Did you vote yes on the Amendment to give Florida top two primaries? It didn't have enough support to pass, but did you vote yes?

I don't care how we do it. I think we need to change some voting rules in favor of the people. Here's the problem: 

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I don't like how Florida politicians keep putting amendments on the table. We have a Republic for a reason. I don't want people making laws. I want people to have the opportunity to remove politicians and elect new ones when they aren't working in our best interest. You don't have to be smart to feel the burdens that are put on us by bad policies. Maybe I give folks too much credit, though. I would change many things about the way we vote.

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