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joether -> RE: Mandatory Voting (3/25/2015 2:45:43 AM)
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ORIGINAL: BamaD
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ORIGINAL: joether
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ORIGINAL: tweakabelle
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One of the most basic principles of democratic voting is that each vote should be of equal value, the elimination of gerrymandering. If one person's vote carries more electoral weight than another's it is understandable that the second person will feel alienated and relatively powerless, and therefore less inclined to vote and participate in electing government. Another factor to consider here is the imposition of obstacles, legal or otherwise, to disenfranchise certain communities with the aim of preserving another community's grip on power.
It is my understanding that both of these principles are widely violated in the arrangements for voting for House of Representatives in the US. If Americans are concerned with low voter turnouts these are two areas where they might look to boost public participation in the electoral process.
Yes, forgot to outlaw gerrymandering from most list a few pages back. Thanks Tweaks!
I would love to see a database that Americans could access to find who didnt vote in a general or mid-term election. That way when those individuals complain about government, we know to ignore them, as they had a chance and did nothing about it. I bring this up, because only 1/3rd of the nation voted, yet, based on all the complaining, you would think 90% of the nation had voted.
Gerrymandering has been outlawed sorry you missed the courts stepping in and changing districts when they think it has happenrf.
Curiously enough this was the first item on the google search. Not only that, but explains things quite well.
Or you could look at those 'even and fair' redistricting 'blocks' when stating gerrymandering does not exist.
Yeah, ban gerrymandering through an amendment. Require states to draw up districts. That they can not be drawn with peoples ages, religions, races, political party affiliations, etc. That both parties do it, is disturbing and dishonest. Its shit like this that turns people off to voting.
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