This Ballot: Priorities for Improving US Elections

Campaign Finance Reform

Universal voter registration

End Gerrymandering

Majority requirement for election of executives.

Require Paper Ballots

Strict Voter ID Requirements

Require the voter to present a government-issued picture ID at the polling station.

Weekend/Multiday Elections

End Single Member Districts

The only way to end gerrymandering is to end winner-take-all, single-member districts and adopt forms of proportional voting -- ones where voters truly control their own representation and have a range of choices. In this way, independent redistricting can improve voter choice, legislative turnover and diversity of representation. Most nations have both independent redistricting and proportional voting for legislatures.

Range Voting

RangeVoting.org

Internet-based Voting

E-voting (touchscreens)

Eliminate Electoral College

Instant Runoff Voting

Having a means to accommodate voters having more than two choices is fundamental to preserving two essential parts of a democratic system: majority rule and full debate. When a candidate can win an executive office with well under 50%, you lose the ability to hold leaders accountable. The majority may be sending a very clear message against someone, but lose only due to splitting its message between two or more candidates.