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not_the_one

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60. I think you are referring to #4, not #6.

Sun Jan 26, 2020, 02:24 PM

Jan 2020

I certainly agree the Supreme Court should have a term limit, maybe 10 or 15 years.

Voters SHOULD have the right to term-out their own representatives/senators. If all the other tweaks of the system take place, it should be easier for incumbents to be retired.

Absolutely the EC needs to be tossed in the garbage. Its original purpose is suspect, and it should NOT be a method of voter manipulation.

Either that, or retire the "one person, one vote" "propaganda" tool. Because if we continue to trot it out as a virtue of our democracy, it is toothless, and fraudulent.

The first goal is a tsunami-like GOTV effort for this November. The second goal is to make sure the votes are counted accurately. ANYTHING electronic can be hacked. PAPER BALLOTS are the only sure-fire method of voting, with ABSOLUTE TRACKING OF BALLOT POSSESSION. It CAN be done.

Then the tweaking can start.

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