Protect Our Right to Vote!

We have no constitutional right to vote for a party's candidate (4.00 / 1)

We do have a constitutional right to vote for candidates for an elected office.  Yes, our primary fiasco disenfranchises, but not really on U.S. constitutional grounds.  Heck, in a constitutional sense, some would argue that our primary never happened.  

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by: China Mig @ Wed Apr 23, 2008 at 19:52:56 PM UTC

Less Fear, More Solutions (4.00 / 2)

Our economy is in shambles, our healthcare system is almost completely defunct, and people are fleeing the state not by choice, but because their homes are being foreclosed on by banks at a phenomenal rate.  People are concerned, and at the very time large-scale public involvement is needed the most, it is becoming harder and harder for it to happen.

Lighten up on the fear tactics. If you want an economy is shambles, people being forced out of their homes, and disenfranchised by votes, look at Zimbabwe or Darfur.

Rather than stoke fear, here are a few ways to solve some of these problems.

1. Put a photo on the Voter ID, and make the Voter ID free

This will require a longer term rollout and a lot of effort to reach registered voters, but it solves the issue with preventing voter fraud (which is itself more a Republican scare tactic for oppressing votes than fact), while keeping the poor and elderly enfranchised. Making it free will prevent a 'poll tax' situation.

2. Get rid of Roger's Law - I agree with this. People should be able to switch voting registration easily. Students spend more time in college areas and might find local races more important than home ones in the four or more years they spend in the university/college towns.

3. Primaries - The state party's gambled, and they lost. that's all I'll say about that.

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by: Philip.R.Moon @ Wed Apr 23, 2008 at 21:51:44 PM UTC