This is just the first section of some very good ideas proposed by former politicians. If only there were a chance in hell of current politicians agreeing to even half of these: • States should adopt redistricting commissions that have the bipartisan support of the legislature and the electorate. • States and political parties should strive to dramatically increase the number of voters who cast ballots in political primaries. They should strive to increase the number of eligible voters who turnout in 2020 by 30 percent and in 2026 by 35 percent. • States should move away from very low-turnout methods of candidate selection, such as caucuses and conventions. • States should create a single, national congressional primary date in June. • States should dramatically improve access to their voter-registration lists by strengthening opportunities to register to vote and identifying eligible unregistered voters and contacting them with the opportunity to register. To ensure greater integrity, states should encourage direct opportunities for voters to input their own registration information and update their addresses. States should also conduct crosschecks with other states’ lists and with other databases to eliminate ineligible registrations or to correct mistakes on registration rolls. • Political contributions, including those made to outside and independent groups, should be disclosed so that citizens have full information about who is paying for the political messages they see. • Congress should pass legislation requiring detailed disclosure of spending by congressional leadership PACs and mandating that leadership PAC funds be used solely for political activities (such as donations to other candidates) and not for personal use. • In its rules, Congress should limit the use of leadership PACs to the top three congressional leaders of each party in both the House of Representatives and the Senate. bipartisanpolicy.org/sites/default/files/files/BPC%20CPR%20Governing%20in%20a%20Polarized%20America.pdf
Posted on: Sat, 12 Jul 2014 05:22:11 +0000
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