OpenGov - Open Government Brainstorm

A true republic, eh? Not bad.

I would agree that the Senate should be abolished as it is undemocratic and adds little or nothing of value to the legislative process. The Presidency however, is needed in order to provide some sort of executive authority. There is a lot of room for re-thinking how Presidents are chosen (eliminating the Electoral College for example).

For Democracy, I would keep the House and the Presidency and get rid of the senate. However we should bring the notion of filibuster to the House but only make the vote threshold 55 percent instead of 60 percent to stop filibusters. The President can check the House and the House can check the President.

Yes, the senate does not appear a democratic legislative body and should go. Why should Wyoming have the same power as New York?

However, we should also get rid of the electoral college and elect a President by popular vote.

We will still have the Supreme Court, the House and the President for checks and balances.

The Senate being abolished is something we should discuss more. They do seem to be "royals" keeping power too long. The elite few, etc.

The House has one representative for every 650,000. It's time to bring in more representation\population. The large states loose out more than the small states. Just like with the Senate.

The Electoral College is seen as a manipulator to stop the vote count at the point of the leaders in power. Not all votes are counted nor vote fraud addressed before they say...we concede. Once again the large states loose to the small states.

Another consideration for power abuse might be the parties who run the whole selection process for candidates in just a few small states. These states are Conservative and don't have the same issues as the large liberal states (jobs, rights, war, etc.). In the end the primary choices are over before the large states have a input.

All primaries should be held nationwide to give small and large states a say as to the candidate at the same time. Florida and Michigan Democrats were unfairly punished in the 2008 election.

The removal of votes at the Dems Party convention of Florida and Michigan just shows how votes were stolen and the primary maniputed before the election. They are both large states put out of the say as to the candidate type and issues.

No Super Delegates should be allowed in primaries since they are not elected by the people but by the party elite.

These practices are all bad for democracy. It's not the "people's choice" but the few elite who have a Conservative goal for government.