Registering Idiot Voters
- "Election Reform" to a slimy, corrupt Democrat is to put to every unmotivate mouth-breather possible on the voter rolls.
- Instead of California limiting political parties, how about opening up the process to all voters? (See below)
(Huffington Post) - California Secretary of State Alex Padilla has proposed automatically registering eligible residents to vote when they obtain or renew their driver's licenses, a measure that could help reverse the state's dismal voter turnout.
Padilla's proposal is modeled after the "motor voter" law recently enacted in neighboring Oregon. That legislation -- the first of its kind in the nation -- uses Department of Motor Vehicles data to automatically register eligible voters, offering them a 21-day opt-out period if they choose not to register.
“One of the biggest barriers to citizen participation is the voter registration process," Padilla said of the California initiative, according to the Los Angeles Times. "A new, enhanced California Motor Voter law would strengthen our democracy. It would be a game-changer."
He noted that if passed, an automatic voter registration law could potentially boost California's voter rolls by the millions -- the secretary of state's office estimates that there are 7 million eligible Californians currently unregistered.
Padilla, a former state senator who was elected as secretary of state last year, is teaming up with Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez (D-San Diego) to get the legislative process rolling.
In 2014, just 42 percent of eligible voters cast a ballot in November's midterm elections.
Election Reform in California
.One reason California voter participation is low is voters have ZERO meaningful choices on their ballots. California has banned all smaller opposition political parties from general election ballots. Voters are only allowed to vote for a Democrat or a Republican. Even your write-in vote has been declared illegal and will not be counted.
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Free multi-party elections in the states of Germany help boost voter turnout because a voter has many real choices on their ballot with five parties winning seats in their state legislature.
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I suggest that the voters by initiate open up the California lower house with proportional representation. If a party gets 20% of the vote they would get 20% of the seats. If voters had real election choices turnout would increase.
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Party | Ideology | Vote % (change) | Seats (change) | Seat % | |||
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Christian Democratic Union (CDU) | christian democracy | 42.5% | −5.8% | 68 | −23 | 44.7% | |
Social Democratic Party (SPD) | social democracy | 30.3% | −3.1% | 48 | −15 | 31.6% | |
Free Democratic Party (FDP) | free market | 8.2% | +0.1% | 13 | −2 | 8.6% | |
Green Party (Bündnis 90/Grünen) | environmental | 8.0% | +0.4% | 12 | −2 | 7.9% | |
The Left (Die Linke) | democratic socialism | 7.1% | +6.6% | 11 | +11 | 7.2% | |
National Democratic Party (NPD) | extreme nationalist | 1.5% | +1.5% | 0 | +0 | 0% | |
Free Voters (FW) | various | 0.5% | +0.5% | 0 | +0 | 0% | |
All Others (gaining less than 0.5%) | 2.0% | +0.0% | 0 | +0 | 0% | ||
Total | 100.0% | 152 | -31 | 100.0% | |||
Source: Parties and Elections in Europe |
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