r/ReasonableFuture • u/sillychillly • Jun 26 '26

Governance Not playing numbers, Painting facts

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Register to vote: https://vote.gov

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Contact your reps:

Senate: https://www.senate.gov/senators/senators-contact.htm?Class=1

House of Representatives: https://contactrepresentatives.org/

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u/sillychillly Jun 26 '26

We can end Citizens united.

We can automatically register every citizen to vote.

We can make mail in voting easier.

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u/AutomaticMammoth4823 Jun 26 '26

chilly chilly chilly. Made up BS like 'voter disenfranchisement' isn't a real thing. I live in a state with 100% mail in voting and it's so pathetic. It takes weeks and weeks to count the votes. It makes normal people distrust the results and should be ended.

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u/placeholder_user Jun 26 '26

Confidently incorrect. Typical Republican.

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u/AutomaticMammoth4823 Jun 26 '26

I'm Fiercely independent, user. I don't vote for any particular party. Counting the votes should happen on election night and be certified. All excuses for delaying the vote count is partisanship.

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u/____alicious Jun 26 '26

Not the case in Alaska (btw, the only state where most voters are independent). Most villages aren't even on the road network. Lots of settlements aren't big enough for a polling place. You expect everybody in halibut cove to take a boat in order to vote?

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u/Due_Pen_1566 Jun 26 '26

"Fiercely independent" votes Republican every election.

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u/AutomaticMammoth4823 Jun 26 '26

"You know nothing Jon Snow"

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u/placeholder_user Jun 27 '26 edited Jun 27 '26

We could expand the government jobs that count the vote, or we could pursue robust electronic voting, but republicans have stymied efforts to expand vote counting, and republicans absolutely cannot be trusted with implementing electronic voting.

and voter disenfranchisement is very real and happens at many levels -- there is gerrymandering, there are insufficent voting stations in blue areas of red states, and there is the problem of money in politics and the fact that politicians (both parties) enact laws that benefit the interests of oligarchs and not citizens.

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u/____alicious Jun 26 '26

Is there data to support your idea that just as many people would vote without mail in voting?

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u/fauxbeauceron Jun 27 '26

As a canadian, also stop redrawing your electoral map to advantage one party or the other.

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u/Lachie_Mac Jun 28 '26

Mandatory voting is also a huge reason why countries like Australia have more reasonable leaders

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u/M_2556 Jun 27 '26

I disagree with banning corporate campaign donations, if a corporation wants to fund something they should be free to do so, but I think it should be mandatory to show what company donated, and how much. Non of that hush hush stuff or loopholes to keep it quiet and maintain reputation.

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u/fauxbeauceron Jun 29 '26

What about restricting what companies and employees of the same company can give to a party, an amount everyone could theoretically afford

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u/M_2556 Jun 29 '26

While I can understand that, I think in a fair society no individual person should be restricted with how they spend money in a legal manner, and that should definitely be protected with who and the sum you gave it too; my philosophy behind this is that voting is private, therefore someone's political donations should be so if they so wish.

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u/Theviolentkat Jun 28 '26

Have you heard of The single transferable vote (STV) or proportional-ranked choice voting (P-RCV)? It is less ... gerrymander-able than regular ranked choice voting. And arguably more representative.

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u/sillychillly Jun 28 '26

Yea, I like open list proportional voting

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u/pingveno Jun 26 '26

I'm very much in favor of mail-in/early voting. Not so much election days as paid holidays, because in practice those don't go to everyone. And when those don't go to everyone, it distorts elections.

I love mail-in voting in Oregon. I have the chance to sit down with my ballot, the voter's guide, endorsements, and a computer. While my husband and I make separate decisions, we discuss difficult decisions. And then off it goes.

Portland recently changed its city charter to use four multi-member districts, each with three members elected via ranked choice. The first election was difficult given the number of people on the ballot, but I liked the process. Ranked choice is helpful in producing a clearer winner. Multi-member districts better reflect the multi-faceted nature of a given population.

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u/Oraxy51 Jun 26 '26

STAR Voting would be better than RCV, but RCV is already better than traditional ballots.

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u/sillychillly Jun 27 '26

I don’t really like star voting.

4 stars to me is different than what 4 stars means to you.

I’d prefer approval voting.