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When attempting to rebalance things so states with larger cities don’t have all the say, be careful not to over-correct!
Get rid of the electoral college. >

No chance in hell that will happen, we could increase the house to around 2000 representatives... technically it would only take a federal law to do that, and it would wipe out the small state advantage and be good for politics in general... >


we could increase the house to around 2000 representatives

Go all the way, and bring the number of citizens per Representative back to what it was in the 1st Congress.  A House with about 5300 Reps in it :) >

Honestly I e thought about it, I'm not against it... In practice it would be possible to give representatives office space I federal buildings in each state for day to day stuff, use remote voting and teleconference systems, etc. >

the senate and the electoral college and the permanent apportionment act of 1929 are relics that need to be abolished >

Seriously, we just need to go back to 29 and do some serious time travel punching.  Those guys were real bad at laws. >

One person, one vote, all votes counted. Most votes wins. Simple as that.
Also: automatic voter registration at birth, activated at 18th birthday, any attempts to interfere with voting treated as a felony.
All prisoners allowed to vote in local elections IF they are counted in this district for purposes of representation; otherwise they vote absentee in their home district.
Mandatory two weeks voting period, all votes mailed to registered voters, registration up through election day.  Postage paid return mail.
Ballot drop off sites at public libraries and other neighborhood sites.
Those who wish to vote in person may do so during the two week voting period 7a to 7p, precincts equally distributed in rich and poor neighborhoods. If there are lines, food and water may be distributed. However, those lines are an indication of corruption and the officials who drew up the precinct boundaries are presumed guilty of election tampering and brought to trial to explain why in some precincts voters had particular hardships in exercising their right to vote.
MAKE RACISTS AFRAID AGAIN. >

Mandatory voter registration is insane. >

The other guy suggested automatic voter registration.  Why is that insane?  It's not like they are being forced to vote.  They're just registered to vote if they want to. >

What would be the benefit? I feel that it only opens the door for potential voter fraud. >


What would be the benefit? 

It would make various forms of voter suppression harder to get away with.  In a democratic republic, voting should easy, and just as easy for all sectors of society.

I feel that it only opens the door for potential voter fraud.

Which isn't a problem in the real world.  It's a vanishingly rare thing to begin with, and frankly it's a bit weird to declare that registering people to vote is bad because of a vague sense it somehow leads to fraud. >

People uninterested in politics should not be voting anyway, plus it’s already extremely easy to register.  Mandatory registration seems like a fix to a problem that doesn’t exist. >


People uninterested in politics should not be voting anyway, 

I already noted that this doesn't force anyone to actually vote.  So that's irrelevant, especially in combination with your next clause:

plus it’s already extremely easy to register.

If that's the case in every single state, why do you object?  The thing is, people routinely get thrown off the voter rolls in some states for stupid reasons in order to make it harder for them to vote.  Automatic registration and a lot of related measures, like preventing that sort of fuckery, is a good thing, not a bad one.  Assuming one actually feels that democracy should be the real aim, anyway. >

Voter suppression is a grossly exaggerated issue.  Maybe you’re right in that automatic registration wouldn’t really create many problems, but hey, if it ain’t broke.  
Also congrats on hitting 1 million karma 💀 >

I minored in it but history has been my thing. I agree, ranked choice voting would both solve a lot of this. But again I have little faith it won’t fix the problem long term. And yes the constitution was what was needed then, but it’s woefully outdated and needs to be rewritten badly >

While I wouldn’t mind the electoral college going away, it would be SO MUCH BETTER without winner take all. >

Disappointed that most of the comments here are on the existence of the electoral college itself and are not on the points made in the article.