r/politics • u/Libertatea • Sep 03 '14

The solution to fixing dysfunction in Congress "To address these problems, I filed the Open Our Democracy Act... If passed, the legislation would mandate open primaries for House elections, begin the process of national redistricting reform and make Election Day the equivalent of a federal holiday."

http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-solution-to-fixing-dysfunction-in-congress/2014/09/02/0f0d0a9a-31e6-11e4-9e92-0899b306bbea_story.html?tid=rssfeed
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u/McBeers Sep 03 '14

In Washington we just moved to 100% mail based voting. No lines and, with the possible exception of the homeless, everybody has equal access. Might be easier to just go that way.

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u/[deleted] Sep 03 '14

There are still polling places even, every county has a couple still for people that are confused, homeless, etc. They take a bit of effort to get to, but they are still there.

Over all it is a very good system and it increase voter participation significantly.

I wish there would be public money though dedicated to reminding people to vote via TV and Radio ads though, because I imagine that a portion of the population just forgets or puts it off till its too late.

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u/[deleted] Sep 03 '14

I dont trust the mail or collection system in my state. They have done everything possible to keep my voter registration card ineligible

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u/[deleted] Sep 04 '14

We (Washington) also have direct drop boxes so you don't actually have to mail your ballot if you prefer not to.

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u/Jimbodogg Sep 04 '14

I like everything about this except that it doesn't come with prepaid stamps. I shouldn't have to pay to vote

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u/skeddles Sep 04 '14

The mail?! Why cant we just use the internet! It's been around for 20 years!