What is the MOST important issue to you as a liberal?

[Martin Eden]

63. Electoral Reform, Electoral Reform, Electoral Reform

If we don't fix our broken political political system, none -- I repeat, none -- of the critical issues facing us will be solved.

A few electoral reforms:

1) End the domination of money in politics by limiting donations to individuals, no more than the median weekly paycheck per year. Ban all political television ads. Publicly fund issue-oriented televised debates consisting of more than 1-minute responses to questions that are NOT from corporate/entertainment news personalities.

2) Universal registration of all eligible voters based on some kind of national idetification, perhaps the Social Security number. Access to registration card is easy, cost-free to the voter, and with safeguards against fraud.

3) Standard voting machine & procedure that accurately records voter intent with a paper ballot for recounts.

4) National Election Day every 2 years: a weekday (I think Wednesday would be best) in which businesses and schools (except as polling places) are closed.

5) Instant Runoff Voting with ranked choices.

6) Eliminate the Electoral College; direct popular election of the President.

7) End Gerrymandering with sensible formula for drawing congressional districts.