Posted on Feb 22, 2016
Should there be a national primary election day when all states hold their primaries on the same day?
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I never liked how candidates I might vote for drop out before my state's primary. Why should Iowa and New Hampshire results determine who continues in the race? Those states are not representative of the country as a whole. Why not hold all primaries on the same day, maybe in May, so each candidate could be considered in each state? Why should early states get ten candidates and later only two?
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National Voting Day! Everyone gets the day off work and if you vote you get a tax break. The last election saw a turn out of just 36%. How great would it be to see one over 90%? Congress again would be scared of the people they represent.
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If the primary was only held for about 4 hours it would diminish voter fraud LTC (Join to see). Iowa and New Hampshire would fight this idea tooth and nail. California, New York and Texas would probably welcome it.
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LTC (Join to see)
I think voter fraud is a myth as the numbers are so small as to be statistically insignificant.
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SSgt Robert Marx
I believe that the 2000 election with the "hanging chad" demonstrated some sort of irregularities in the voting system. I believe that as a country we need to make all elections secure and all votes counted!
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LTC Stephen F.
LTC (Join to see) - the last few elections in northern Virginia had several people who attempted to vote in multiple precincts [i serve at the polls each election]. Granted it was less than 3% of the total votes casts. Thankfully the requirement to produce a government picture ID to vote has diminished the people who actually are able to vote more than once where i live. SSgt Robert Marx
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SSgt Robert Marx
LTC Stephen F. - I was raised in the Commonwealth and I first voted in Virginia. I think having all voters produce identification in the form of a drivers license or ID card is prudent.
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I "think" it would actually result in a more fragmented system.
Right now, it's like a footrace where we see people drop out incrementally. If we did them all on the same day, we would need to do "ladder divisions" like a tournament. Currently as people drop out, folks can think about who their second/third choice is, but as a ladder bracket happens, that becomes progressively more difficult to conceptualize for the average voter.
It's not that I disagree with you, just that I'm looking at the "system" as a whole.
Right now, it's like a footrace where we see people drop out incrementally. If we did them all on the same day, we would need to do "ladder divisions" like a tournament. Currently as people drop out, folks can think about who their second/third choice is, but as a ladder bracket happens, that becomes progressively more difficult to conceptualize for the average voter.
It's not that I disagree with you, just that I'm looking at the "system" as a whole.
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