We have some problems with our electoral system that I've only just discovered.
1. The Senate recently passed legislation (in December) requiring candidates to only declare their candidacies 24 hours in advance, as opposed to 7 days before then.
The problem, however, is that one must be a registered voter 7 days in advance in order to be a candidate in an election, according to the Constitution.
Therefore:
A: Go back to 7 days as a deadline for declaration of candidacy.B: Move up the deadline for voter registration to 24 hours to match the other requirement.Personally, I would prefer A, but I tend to be conservative in that regard.
Next issue, absentee voting must begin when the candidacy declaration period is over. Unfortunately, as indicated in the other thread, I opened absentee voting under the assumption that 7 days was the deadline. It appears, however, under current law, that I am only able to open absentee voting 24 hours in advance.
Considering the very clear legislation here....I am forced to declare the absentee voting that has already occured invalid.
But we have a very big problem here....because one day is clearly insufficient for absentee voting.
So, next suggestion:
Abolish absentee voting! Extend the regular election to 5 or 7 days...but the absentee voting is stupid.I may have more things to say....but this is all for now.