“It’s funny how India and Mexico with government issued ID, with fingerprints have their act together, but we in the US don’t.”
Constitutional Republics have these kinds of problems unfortunately. The guardrails look good when we are the ones being pushed toward them, not so good when the other side is being saved by them.
Electoral College being a prime example.
“It’s funny how India and Mexico with government issued ID, with fingerprints have their act together, but we in the US don’t.”
Constitutional Republics have these kinds of problems unfortunately. The guardrails look good when we are the ones being pushed toward them, not so good when the other side is being saved by them.
Electoral College being a prime example.
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I don’t see that being a Constitutional republic would prevent voter ID, even with prints.
Electoral College being a prime example.
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My only problem with the Electoral College is that each vote should represent how the majority in each Congressional District voted.
That Electoral Votes is intended to represent the wishes of the citizens in that Congressional District whether they voted or were not able to vote.
The two Electoral Votes allocated for Senators (one for each Senator), is intended to represent how the state as a whole feels.
“Winner takes all” has twisted and disenfranchised rural voters since the Republic was founded.
Voters in large urban areas can be more easily organized, bought off, or intimidated (think Chicago). Voter fraud can more easly be accomplished, when people don’t know each other, and no ID is required.