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Rod Beauvex

(564 posts)
5. Indeed.
Sat Jul 5, 2014, 05:00 PM
Jul 2014

I also support mandatory voting, but this seems to anger alot of otherwise progressive people. I also thing voting should be easier, and, more importantly, we should have plurality voting, where you can vote for as many candidates as you want. Some states have these.

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Senator, please be more specific. Exactly how can we stop the 1% domination? nt ladjf Jul 2014 #1
Don't worry, he will. nt silvershadow Jul 2014 #2
Yeah HoW? savalez Jul 2014 #3
I hope he doesn't charter small airplanes. zonkers Jul 2014 #36
Oh He Has A Plan colsohlibgal Jul 2014 #4
Indeed. Rod Beauvex Jul 2014 #5
Link to support your claim mandatory voting is oppossed by progressives, I've never seen that:) grahamhgreen Jul 2014 #19
I've never seen it either. n/t Duval Jul 2014 #21
. Rod Beauvex Jul 2014 #24
I second that marions ghost Jul 2014 #43
I don't think I've ever seen anything about liberals being against mandatory voting LoisB Jul 2014 #23
Don't forget making the ballot box accountable. No corporate legacy voting machines. Dark n Stormy Knight Jul 2014 #32
VAT is REgressive, not Progressive AndyTiedye Jul 2014 #35
Take a look at bernie.org. Medicare for all, increase SS, tax the wealthiest again, etc:) grahamhgreen Jul 2014 #20
I have a plan. Dustlawyer Jul 2014 #29
since the broadcast airwaves and cable monopolies are given by government from the public commons yurbud Jul 2014 #31
Couldn't agree more! These are things we can do once we get the $ out of our political system! Dustlawyer Jul 2014 #33
It is a Long, Long Road to Fix the Damage Done by Citizens United and McCutcheon v. FEC AndyTiedye Jul 2014 #37
What we are doing now is playing their game and it is rigged. We will never fix it if we don't try. Dustlawyer Jul 2014 #39
A Constitutional Convention Would Play into the Hands of the Teabaggers AndyTiedye Jul 2014 #41
This crap is like a tennis ball going back and forth, we are not advancing anything this way. Dustlawyer Jul 2014 #42
Keep talking Dustlawyer! marions ghost Jul 2014 #44
Can I count on you to help spread the message? Dustlawyer Jul 2014 #46
Yes I am on it marions ghost Jul 2014 #47
You too! Dustlawyer Jul 2014 #49
the Spanish equivalent of Occupy Wall Street has come up with some good ideas: yurbud Jul 2014 #30
right samsingh Jul 2014 #6
Kicking. nt littlemissmartypants Jul 2014 #7
Where are the Democratic Party leaders on this? Scuba Jul 2014 #8
Having lunch with their Wall Street brokers. JDPriestly Jul 2014 #9
Right tjl148 Jul 2014 #15
I don't like mandatory voting. But it is good to raise the issue because maybe people JDPriestly Jul 2014 #17
Agree n/t tjl148 Jul 2014 #34
partying with our 1% president and congress members :-) nt msongs Jul 2014 #10
HRC Is Visiting Jamie Dimon At His Hospital Bedside For Campaign Funding cantbeserious Jul 2014 #11
Is that son of a bitch dying? PLEASE say that he is....(n/t) Moostache Jul 2014 #13
Throat Cancer - Recent News cantbeserious Jul 2014 #14
JP Morgan boss Jamie Dimon to carry on despite cancer Jefferson23 Jul 2014 #27
Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe Jul 2014 #12
Sanders is sounding more and more like someone who is serious about running davidpdx Jul 2014 #16
Kicked and recommended! Enthusiast Jul 2014 #18
Yes, it IS time. Thank you, Senator Sanders, for saying it. n/t Judi Lynn Jul 2014 #22
Yeah Sen Sanders. K&R. nm rhett o rick Jul 2014 #25
No Bernie should not declare Independence lewebley3 Jul 2014 #26
I'm hoping that if we win in 2014 that he can produce a declaration of independence document ancianita Jul 2014 #38
This is a candidate with a progressive vision. I hope he runs as a Democrat. Comrade Grumpy Jul 2014 #28
Except there is no 1% Puzzledtraveller Jul 2014 #40
It's not exact marions ghost Jul 2014 #45
Bernie Sanders is exactly what this country needs. woo me with science Jul 2014 #48
A true democrat (small d) and progressive. n/t Psephos Jul 2014 #50
The last politician to be that honest was Paul Wellstone. Nihil Jul 2014 #51
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