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Election reform

Why Is This Idea Important?: effective democracy is based on individuals actually voting

Increase the incentive to vote, make it easier to participate, and place in prison anyone who tries to stop another citizen from voting including employers or election officials. Examples: (1) Issue a receipt for appearing at the polling place with a time stamp, name, and voter id number. Employers are required to document what percentage of their employees went to the polling place. High percentages are rewarded and low percentages are investigated for making it too difficult for their employees to vote. (2) Submit this voting receipt with federal taxes for a good citizenship refund (3) Spread elections over a multi-day period to increase participation and resolve any voting irregularities (4) Mandate mail in balloting as an option for any citizen eligible to vote (5) Create a mandatory prison term for each person prevented from voting not some type of fine or slap on the wrist and (6) Eliminate the electorally college and use simple popular vote.

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Submitted by Jon Galt 2 years ago

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  1. Bryan Rosander said:

    Offering employers incentives for getting employees to vote? This sounds like a horrible idea. Didn't Chick-Fil-A, Starbucks, and other companies try this for customers and got slapped for it? This looks like a major problem for privacy and fraud.

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  2. richard.turner said:

    We need to get government out of businesses' way, not encumber them with administrivia like this.

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  3. mkazin said:

    I disagree with providing a monetary incentive to voting. If someone cares not who gets elected the last thing you want is that person going to the polls to vote randomly.

    I would think a better way to make voting more appealing is to make it more important than simply choosing "the lesser of two evils" as many Americans comment today. This website and Mr. Obama's calls for government reform are an approach to this end.

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