Create Your Own Political System

[Lily Adler]

Let's play Civilization for a minute and create a political system for your country. What kind of political system would it be?

 

[Still Wynning]

Off the top of my head:

-Automatic voting registration for people when they turn 18.

-Complete removal of the electoral college so that elections are wholly based on the majority of votes from the respective party, more parties added to eliminate bipartisanship issues, or complete removal of parties altogether so that people vote for the candidate based on their policies and not their party.

-More seats added to Congress for fairer voting and passing of acts/bills.

-Any attempt by any governor of each state and any mayor in their respective district to gerrymander, obstruct votes and/or tamper and halt the election in anyway to ensure the election goes their way automatically has their power rescinded for the remainder of said election. Any further attempt to interfere, such as inciting a mob to start a riot and/or an insurrection to halt the election process, despite their power being taken away, will be completely removed from their office (by the governor if mayor, by POTUS if governor and/or mayor), replaced with a standing mayor/governor until a proper replacement is chosen, and shall be forced to completely forfeit their ability to run in any future elections. If they continue to persist and aggravate, they shall face arrest and be subject to a significant amount of jail time.

-An age limit for candidates running for Congress, Senate and POTUS (not past 70), as well as reconfigured and updated proper cognitive testing and psychological evaluations.

-Younger and more diverse people of different ethnicities and from the LGBTQIA+ community as mayors, governors, members of Congress/the Senate for better representation and fairer and better decision-making of their respective communities on their behalf across the US to pass laws/bills that would ensure their safety and not have to face discrimination in their community or anywhere they go.

That’s all I can think of off the top of my head right now.

 

[Hobgoblin]

Politics and war will be settled with drinking contests. It’s a terrible system but a lot more entertaining and there’s no cheating.