The real answer to increasing voter turnout is to surgically
remove the barriers that exist to protect politicians from the voters.
Politicians are controlled by their campaign contributors who bribe them to
vote in their favor. They are also controlled by rabid Marxist non-profit
groups who will go after them if they don’t “behave” and endorse their suicidal
views. This is a system built for cronies, not qualified candidates who will
concentrate on a limited number of critical issues designed to restore freedom
and prosperity.
Removing K-Street Lobbyists and Marxist non-profits can be
accomplished by election reform that would only allow “registered voters” to
contribute to candidates and only for those who appear on their ballots.
Free speech for special interest groups can be expressed on
their own websites. There would be no PACs and the cost of campaigning would be
drastically reduced.
We wouldn’t have lame campaigns like we’ve seen since 1988.
We elected Bush I, Clinton, Bush II and Obama and have quadrupled the National
Debt.
All Candidates would be expected to post their full resumes
and positions on all issues on their own websites for all elective offices,
even judges.
They would need to make their case on how their experience
qualifies them for their elective jobs. They may need some yard signs and
travel money, but they wouldn’t be able to afford large campaign organizations
and expensive TV attack ads. Special interest groups could not give campaign
contributions across State, County or City lines. Corporations could use their money to make
better products. The US media companies will lose revenue, as they should.
The US history on voter turnout indicates that 50% to 70% of
US voters participated in US elections since 1828.
From 1828 to 1836, voting was limited to male property owners
and voter turnout for Presidential elections averaged 54.3%. In 1840, the
slavery issue ignited the electorate and voter turnout jumped to 80.2%. It
remained in the 70% range throughout the Civil War and beyond until 1904, when
it dropped to 65%. In 1920, it dropped to the 50% range where it remains today.
50 million in the US don’t register
to vote. They don’t believe it matters and don’t want to bother.
Voter turnout dipped from 62.3 percent of eligible citizens voting in 2008 to an estimated
57.5 in 2012. That figure
was also below the 60.4 level of the 2004 election but higher than the 54.2 percent turnout in the 2000 election…Nov 8, 2012
Estimates show more than 58 percent of eligible voters went to the polls during the
2016 election, nearly breaking even with the turnout rate set during the last
presidential election in 2012, even as the final tallies in states like
California continue to be calculated, according to statistics collected by the
U.S. ...Nov 20, 2016
Record voter turnout in 2018 midterm elections. An estimated
113 million people participated in the 2018 midterm elections, making this the
first midterm in history to exceed over 100 million votes, with 49 percent of eligible voters
participating in the election…Nov 7,
2018
Norb Leahy, Dunwoody
GA Tea Party Leader
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