I can't stand congressional districts. They're completely arbitrary, subject to gerryandering and biased rearrangements every 10 years, require plurality vote for reelection, and are accountable only a small fraction of the state.
So, I propose the following reforms:
Have all the districts merge so every congressman is voted statewide.
Voters are given as many votes as there are congressional seats.
Voters distribute all their votes between the various candidates as they see fit, up to the total.
Top candidates get the seats (7 seats, top seven win). This puts all the congressmen in competition with one another, and allows third party candidates to scrape up enough votes statewide to have a decent chance.
Trying to think of a way to incorporate political party voting, but the percentages and cuttoff points seem arbitrary and open to corruption. More to think on.
Lurker
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I think the real issue here is the lock the 2 main political parties have on America. If you could find a way to break that grid lck then all things are possible.
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