New York Man Charged for Requesting Mail-In Ballots for Dead Mother
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We really need voting reform.
Voter ID. Even developing countries have Voter ID, this should be a no brainer.
Yearly Voter Registration. You register, and it's active for one year only. No more dead people voting, no more being registered in other states, etc. It would fix a lot of issues.
I think these alone would fix a lot of issues. And I think they'd be easier to push since they're not huge changes and they're "common sense" minor fixes. But ultimately I'd like to see more.
Federally ensure that the voting age cannot be lowered (like they're trying in CA). In fact, it should be raised to 21.
Only net tax payers can vote. If you receive more welfare than you pay in taxes, you don't get to vote to take even more of other people's money.
These would be bigger changes and a lot harder to get passed but the first two I think are good steps.
The thing is I really have no idea how people can get this to happen...
I would raise the voting age to 35.
And you vote with your tax return forms. This would also allow giving taxpayers a choice in what programs they support funding.
And we need a third chamber of the legislature. The House Of Representatives is roughly "one person, one vote". The Senators are ambassadors from State governments. The third chamber should be "one tax dollar, one vote" - it will give taxpayers a veto on government spending!
I think 35 is too high. 25 would make sense since your brain finishes developing mid-20s but it's a much harder sell than 21 which is already a hard sell.
Voting coinciding with tax returns might be pretty neat. Just shift over the tax period to line up with elections. People will give things more thought.
A third chamber is interesting but ultimately I don't think deviating from the original Founders' ideas is a good idea. If they were working properly to begin with, I don't think we'd have all these problems. Really, Congress is not the people's voice, it's the States' voices. Maybe such a chamber would be a better idea at the state level. But at any level, again, it would be a hard one to convince anyone of.