20459 Political Factoid

Political Factoid

Things to Strengthen Democracy

How would you order these items to strengthen democracy? *

Purge voter registrations of people moving out of state

Encourage new registrations

Help minority voters register

Ensure convenient polling places, including minority neighborhoods

Extend polling hours in especially in districts where people commute to work elsewhere

Increase number of early voting days

Accept ballots with reasonable signature match

Ensure submittal of vote totals from minority counties into the central state computer system

Seek federal money to improve the security of state and local voting systems

Fund updating of worn-out voting and vote-counting equipment

Ensure accurate mailing directions are mailed to all voters

Prohibit conflicts of interest for those in charge of the election system

Accept voter's photo ID if hair is different

Allow voters wearing contacts if their voter's photo ID shows glasses

Accept voter's photo ID if they have gained/lost weight

Advertise current polling addresses in minority areas

Arrange for people to be driven to the polls

Accept student photo IDs

Prevent "vigilantes" to appear at polling places, especially in minority districts

Locate polling places near mass transit

Ensure voting machines do not change votes

Design ballots to avoid missing votes for key office(s)

Honor out-of-state students state-issued photo ID

When registering someone moving into the state, notify voting officials in the state from whence they came

Move to 100% vote-by-mail

Ensure a paper audit trail

Use death certificates to purge voter registrations of the deceased

Establish a national voter registration coordination system to uniformly notify all states when someone dies or registers in a new state

Eliminate gerrymandered voting districts

Ensure adequate number of ballots available on election day at every voting place

Re-establish voting rights for former felons who have "paid their debt to society"

Exclude proponents of voter exclusion from voting

Give brain-dead voters provisional ballots

Continually work to eliminate voting restrictions

Prohibit publishing exit polling results until after all polls close

Prohibit publishing voting counts until West coast polls have closed

Eliminate dark money in elections

Prevent "big money" for buying elections

Ensure night-shift workers have an opportunity to register, and to vote

Prohibit or severely limit out-of-state funds for local campaigns

Ensure that people who commute to work have an opportunity to register and vote

Require corporations to obtain explicit approval from shareholders before using their funds to support election campaigns

Ensure people who work two jobs to make ends meet, have an opportunity to register and to vote

Require White House briefings to be made under oath

Require everything said in Congress to be said under oath

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NOTES:

Additional improvement items could be included here,
but try this list as a start.

cf.	20460, 17565

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Collected by students of	Zo^o University
Last updated *	2022-08-21