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« on: June 13, 2021, 11:49:22 AM »

An update to my post from October:

The More Democracy Amendment

1. All the usual voting rights stuff (automatic registration, ban voter ID or alternatively give everyone an ID, etc)
2. Lower the voting age to 16. It's time to lead the world in democratization again!*
3. Make Election Day a federal holiday.
4. Abolish the Electoral College.
5. Abolish the Senate, and require all states to do the same (there isn't even any good reason for states to have Senates! At least the federal one kind of almost sort of makes sense).
6. Expand the House to 776 members (representing 1776). Cube-root of 2020 population is 692, so that should account for all the population growth I can imagine before population decline begins.
7. All Americans living on United States territory, state or not, will be represented in Congress.
8. Use a sort of NZ system for the House, but with the number of proportional seats equal to half the number of districts (so the legislature is 2/3 elected from districts, 1/3 proportional), with representatives of the single-member districts elected by ranked-choice voting. The goal is for the proportional portion to mitigate the effects of gerrymandering and allow third-parties to make an entrance, while the House still is mostly made up of people representing specific constituencies.
9. And on that note, put a specific and clearly worded ban on gerrymandering into the Constitution.
10. Supreme Court reform: Justices must be unanimously confirmed by the other justices, not by Congress. They serve 18-year terms staggered such that a justice is appointed every two years, so that every President gets at least two appointments, no exceptions. If a justice dies during their term, the President will appoint a replacement who must be "ideologically similar" who will serve only the remainder of that term and will not be eligible for a full term.
11. Literally just a statement declaring that a military draft of any kind is in fact involuntary servitude and is therefore unconstitutional under the 13th Amendment.
12. Literally just a statement declaring that the 2nd Amendment only prohibits total bans on possession of guns, not restrictions. Apparently some people need the clarification.

*or for the first time, depending on how you look at it

11 and 12 aren't really "more democracy," but they need to be said.

I'm tempted to change the Presidential term limit from two four-year terms to one six-year term, but I'm not sure it's absolutely necessary. Also, it'll mess up the nice Supreme Court system.
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