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40. When we get to the point of remaking the government once again,

elections and voting are two aspects we're going to have to have major public input. We need a designated federal holiday (no matter how much it hurts corps to give us a day off with pay). Heck, it'd be really good to have 2 consecutive days off to vote. Mandatory voting, no matter what you look like or what you believe. Agree as to whether or not there must be ID, but if so, make it such that it is easy enough to prove. None of this going back years and years to gather the correct paperwork or $$$ out of pocket to get it. No making it so one-sided that women have a horrible time trying to prove who they are.

Everyone votes. No purging the rolls at the last minute. Set a specific time for purges to happen and make them be backed up by paper trails and proven reasons. No just willy-nilly because "someone says"...

Make it easier to vote. No more huge vs small areas to vote, depending on party. Set a size based on the largest number of voters in one county and carry it out across the country. Provide chairs for those of us who are disabled and can't handle standing for any length of time, and for the elderly. Provide helpers for the disabled who need them. The point is to *help* everyone vote. If a helper is used, make sure someone of the other party is there to validate the votes and that the original helper hasn't done his own thing with the ballot.

The one thing this all has in common is standards... country-wide standards. Right now, we have chaos each election because we have 50 states and 50 different slates of rules. Beyond that, you can have different standards between counties in the same state. The founders thought this would deny the chaos makers; instead, it has helped them kill democracy. The Founders were good men, but they were men, with all the blind spots and foibles of men. They weren't prescient. This is one they got wrong. There must be Federal standards for voting so we're all starting from a blank slate.