Do you think our 200+year old voting system is still what we should keep using for ever?

Question

we the people should have a say. I think the voting we do is a joke. It worked 200 years ago, we may be able to update if the USA people wanted to. anyone got any ideas?
get-er-done

Answer 1

fu*k the system

Answer 2

The systems is not worse than any other....it is the Rulers and the key persons in power who are the problem.

They are the Illuminatis, and they own you,
This is the New World Order, and it is your future if the world don't wake up :

And this is what Bush’s minions had to say in 2000;-
"Further, the process of transformation, even if it brings revolutionary change, is likely to be a long one, absent some catastrophic and catalyzing event – like a new Pearl Harbor"
Project for the New American Century (2000)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_for_the_New_American_Century

“Naturally the common people don't want war; neither in Russia, nor in England, nor in America, nor in Germany. That is understood. But after all, it is the leaders of the country who determine policy, and it is always a simple matter to drag the people along, whether it is a democracy, or a fascist dictatorship, or a parliament, or a communist dictatorship. Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is to tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in any country.”
Hermann Göring(Nazi) 1946 Nuremberg Trials

"We are on the verge of a global transformation. All we need is the right major crisis and the nations will accept the New World Order."
David Rockefeller: Statement to the Untied Nations Business Council in September 1994

"For more than a century, ideological extremists at either end of the political spectrum have seized upon well-publicized incidents to attack the Rockefeller family for the inordinate influence they claim we wield over American political and economic institutions. Some even believe we are part of a secret cabal working against the best interests of the United States, characterizing my family and me as 'internationalists' and of conspiring with other around the world to build a more integrated global political and economic structure - one world, if you will. If that is the charge, I stand guilty, and I am proud of it." David Rockefellers memoirs (2002)

Answer 3

You can have a hard time getting just two people to agree about something. Then, try getting several million to do so. Then, throw in the fact that there are a BUNCH of just plain air heads out there (look at some of the stuff on this site), would you want some of these people making descions about your health and safety? NOT ME!!! The the Republic may not be perfect, but it is doing fine. If it ain't broke, don't fix it. Once they get computers to where they are dependable (another 2 -3 hundred years) maybe we could all vote from home. Until then... it's working.

Answer 4

Sure - each voter should be able to RATE the candidates.
Lets say that there were 4 candidates, you would assign 3
points to the best, 2 points to the next, etc and 0 to the worst.

Add up all the points and the one with the most is the winner.
You never need to do run-offs.

Consider the number of people that want to vote for a third
party candidate but, knowing that the candidate cannot possibly
win, end up choosing the lesser of two evils - the rating system
eliminates that quandry.

OK, lets all hold our breath until it happens, shall we?

Answer 5

There is great need to reform our antiquated system. Read Steven Hill's Ten Steps to Repair American Democracy. Our voting system is based on prinicples that were understood in the 18th century. Our constitution allowed for change, but people have iconized it and made it into something sacred, despite what the founders said. Hill's book proposes 10 achievable reforms, including electoral college reform, voting standards, means, and even a holiday for election day. Without these reforms, the vote will continue to lose value.

Answer 6

The only thing are current method of voting has in common with the system from 200 yrs ago is, you still have to do it yourself.

Answer 7

It didn't exist 200 yrs ago as it is today. It works if you vote, but doesn't if you just sit around and complain because your choice of candidate didn't win. Hell you couldn't vote if you weren't a rich male landowner with an education 200 yrs ago, now you just have to be a citizen and register and not be a convicted felon.

Answer 8

The system has worked up to this point. I can, however, see the need to update the system. As politics appears to grow more corrupt (both sides) the chance of a rigged election grows. Right now, you are simply voting for someone you hope will vote for your candidate.

Answer 9

You do have a say when you vote. The constitution determines the voting system. This is a full circle question and answer.

The Constitution is what this nation is built upon. Have you read it? Go to it....do it now...get-er-done.

Answer 10

The Electoral College is a ridiculous attrocity. Did you know that the electoral voter for your area can actually vote AGAINST the popular vote in their area? I'm not a big conspiracy theorist, but this system stinks to high Hades!

Answer 11

we are fed a line of crap when we are told to get out and vote. it doesn't matter who votes for our president because the electoral collage has the final say. there has been four times that the plural vote was disregarded and the electoral collage picked someone else. 1824,1876,1888 and 2000.
you read this and then you can form you own opinion.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Electoral_College#Arguments_against_the_current_system