Let's do away with public elections - 04/22/12 02:10 AM
I just got the latest Wired Magazine (May 2012). It has an article called "Fewer Voters, Better Elections". They take their information from a couple of reports about better elections. The proposals are slightly different, but they suggest that instead of holding big public elections we do it the way most medical research is done. We should send ballots to a random selection of anonymous registered voters and base the outcome of the elections on the statistical results of their votes. After all they say, a very small turnout selects the winners in any case. They foresee a lot of savings for just about everybody. It would make massive changes in the way politics was played out. Voters would receive ballots and then be directed to a web site that gave information about the candidates. They could take their time looking over the data and possibly make better informed decisions, rather than doing what a lot of people do. Lot's of people just go to the polling place and look over the candidates and make a decision based on not much of anything.
It is an interesting concept, and might even be a good idea. But I seriously doubt that it will ever be implemented.
Bill Gill
It is an interesting concept, and might even be a good idea. But I seriously doubt that it will ever be implemented.
Bill Gill