| Minimum feature-set of a sensible psephocracy: - no campaigning or special interest ads a week before voting - only public funding and named individual small donations for public servant campaigns: no PACs, no super-PACs, no huge check fundraisers and no dark-money SIGs. - nationally-unified, same-day voting, no prior registration required - nationally-unified, three prior weeks of voting-by-mail - media blackout on counts until all final results are in - overturn Citizens' United (by amendment via state legislatures) - eliminate the primary - end the Electoral College - free & open source tech unified, national e-voting system, open for all to audit - public blockchain for permanent results - printed receipt with barcode of hash saved in the blockchain - ranked choice voting (as it provides an instant run-off should the favorite be disqualified, die or resign; also provides N picks for boards, vice positions and directors) |
I also feel, as the supreme court does, that Citizens United is a free speech issue. You should listen to this podcast about it to get some perspective: https://www.wnycstudios.org/story/citizens-united
In a beautiful piece of irony, if it hadn't been for Michael Moore shamelessly using his corporation to produce political speech, the Citizens United court case might not have been successful.