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In reply to the discussion: Why have some decided the only way to improve the party [View all]Stonepounder
(4,033 posts)1. I agree, the Dems need to grow a spine and quit trying to 'triangulate' during the elections. Find a young, charismatic, articulate, passionate person to run. A Bernie Sanders in their 40's-50's.
2. Force the states to accept a nonpartisan committee that draws precinct/district boundries in a non-gerrymandered fashion. One person, one vote in an ethnic/color blind fashion. (Don't ask me how we are going to do this, I don't have a freaking clue.)
3. Go after the unfair voter suppression crap. I, as a middle-class white person have never had to wait more that 10-15 minutes to vote in any election and I vote in most of them. There are always plenty of machines and it is a simple matter to show my ID, sign the voter book, and vote. My MIL never had any trouble voting, even into her 90's when she didn't have a Driver's License, she just converted it into an ID card and that was it. The only place we ever had trouble was in Missouri when we tried to register to vote and they demanded to see a Social Security card and said a bloody US Passport wasn't sufficient ID. Make it easy to register and vote.
Then sit back and watch.