{"id":2567,"date":"2019-12-03T05:39:12","date_gmt":"2019-12-03T10:39:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dahlman.online\/?p=2567"},"modified":"2019-12-03T05:39:17","modified_gmt":"2019-12-03T10:39:17","slug":"my-vote-counts-does-yours","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dahlman.online\/index.php\/2019\/12\/03\/my-vote-counts-does-yours\/","title":{"rendered":"My Vote Counts, Does Yours?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Make Votes Count<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Why should young people register to vote in 2020?  In much of the country, their vote won\u2019t make a difference in who wins the Presidential election.  The Electoral College muffles the voice of Americans, with only a few \u201cswing\u201d states in play.  It is only in those \u201cpurple\u201d states that individual voting really makes a difference in choosing the President.  And that\u2019s something we need to change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Democracy<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The United States of America is a Representative Democracy, a nation where the people elect representatives to the government.  Those representatives then create, debate, and pass the laws that govern the people.  Just as \u201cthe people\u201d indirectly legislate by electing the legislators, \u201cthe people\u201d indirectly elect the executive to administer the nation.  The President is chosen by an arcane process where the direct vote influences, but doesn\u2019t necessarily control, the final outcome.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In any \u201creal\u201d democracy, the \u201chealth\u201d of the process is determined by the percent of the eligible population that participates.  Governments that are not democratic but want to \u201cfake\u201d that they are, always arrange for huge election turnouts, invariably giving vast majorities to the leader or party in power. They then claim a mandate to govern. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cReal\u201d democracies have \u201creal\u201d competition for elective office.  The more voters that turnout to vote in those elections, the healthier those democracies are.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On the list of world democracies, the United States ranks 26th <\/sup>out of 34 in voter turnout.  The top five:  Belgium*, Sweden, Denmark, Australia* and South Korea all are over 78% of their eligible citizens voting (* mandatory voting).  The US is at 56% turnout (2016).  This means that nearly half of the voting age population in the US DOES NOT VOTE.  It also means that it\u2019s always a minority of Americans that elects the legislature, and the executive (Pew<\/a>). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Make Registering Easy<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

There are technical laws that could increase voter registration in the United States.\u00a0\u00a0Automatic voter registration rather than a separate process would work. Registration through driver\u2019s licenses, or from tax or school records, is possible.\u00a0\u00a0In addition, Belgium and Australia and other nations, have compulsory voting laws.\u00a0\u00a0Australia’s fine for failing to vote is $20.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the US we could also remove jury selection from the voting roles.\u00a0\u00a0Currently in many states juries are called exclusively from registered voter lists.\u00a0\u00a0In Ohio, for example, if a citizen doesn\u2019t register to vote, they won\u2019t get called for jury duty.\u00a0\u00a0There are plenty of other lists that could be used for jury selection:\u00a0\u00a0income tax filers, state ID holders, even welfare lists.\u00a0\u00a0Exclusively using voting lists for jury polls not only creates a disincentive to registering (if the potential voter doesn\u2019t want to be on a jury), but could also skew the juries, particularly in those states that are engaged in voter suppression activities (Hannaford-Agor<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A Breakfast Conversation<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

But the most effective way to increase voter turnout in the United States is to convince potential voters that their vote makes a difference.  Which brings us to the Electoral College.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The most significant election, and the one with the largest turnout, is the Presidential election every four years.\u00a0\u00a0In 2008, the highest voter turnout in recent times, 62.3% turned out to vote.\u00a0\u00a0This was Obama versus McCain election, and resulted in the election of the first African-American President.\u00a0\u00a0To paraphrase Joe Biden, it was \u201ca big ****** deal.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0But it still meant that 38% of eligible voters didn\u2019t vote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There is an apocryphal story about a conversation between Thomas Jefferson and George Washington at lunch.  Jefferson complained about the bicameral legislature, saying the Senate was unnecessary. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Washington then supposedly asked Jefferson, \u201cwhy did you now just pour your coffee into your saucer, before drinking?\u201d  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cTo cool it,\u201d Jefferson answered, \u201cmy throat is not made of brass.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cEven so, Washington responded, \u201cwe pour our legislation into the Senatorial saucer to cool it\u201d (Monticello<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Electoral College<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The Electoral College was put in the US Constitution because of the Constitutional Convention\u2019s concern for giving too much power to a possibly ill-informed electorate.\u00a0\u00a0The people directly elected the House of Representatives. The Senate was chosen by the State Legislatures, and as Washington supposedly illustrated, was designed to \u201ccool\u201d the House\u2019s passions.\u00a0\u00a0In the same way, the Electoral College was selected by the states, with state legislatures given the authority to choose electors to select the President.\u00a0\u00a0That body actually votes for President; to \u201ccool the passions\u201d of direct democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today in all but two states, the Presidential candidate who wins the majority of the popular vote in a state wins all of the electoral votes.\u00a0\u00a0The effect of that is that in a large majority of states the electoral outcome is foreseeable before any voter comes to the polls. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Note: in Maine and Nebraska each Congressional District chooses electors separately<\/em>, with two more votes decided statewide.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2016 in California, Hillary Clinton won 61% of the popular vote.  All of the state\u2019s 55 electoral votes went to her.  A Republican voting in California knew that essentially, their vote for President didn\u2019t count. In Wyoming, 70% of the vote went to Donald Trump.  A Democrat knew that their vote wouldn\u2019t influence the state\u2019s 3 electoral votes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Change the Process<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Unless a voter is located in a \u201cswing\u201d state, there is little incentive to go vote in the most significant elections, Presidential.\u00a0\u00a0For young voters in particular, the arcane \u201cwinner take all\u201d Electoral College process discourages them from participating.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The obvious answer is to remove the Electoral College, and elect the President directly.\u00a0\u00a0This would require a Constitutional Amendment:\u00a0\u00a0two-thirds of the House and Senate, and three-fourth of the states all in agreement to pass.\u00a0\u00a0There are far too many politicians and states that gain advantage from the current process for that to happen.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But, since legislatures determine the elector selection process (US Constitution, Article 2, Section 2) there are a number of ways the system can be altered under the current law.  One proposal is the \u201cNational Popular Vote Interstate Compact\u201d.  State legislatures would agree to appoint electors based on who won the national popular vote, rendering the Electoral College a \u201crubber stamp\u201d to the popular outcome.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

State legislatures could also appoint electors based on the percentage of votes each candidate earned in the state. In 2016, under that process, California’s 34 electoral votes would go for Clinton, 19 for Trump, and 2 for Gary Johnson.\u00a0\u00a0Wyoming would have 2 for Trump, and 1 for Clinton.\u00a0\u00a0The danger of this process:\u00a0\u00a0any third party votes might deny a narrow popular vote winner an Electoral College majority, placing the tiebreaker election int0 the House of Representatives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s Purple Here<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Here in Ohio, every vote makes a difference.  While almost all of the state offices are held by Republicans (hang in there Sherrod Brown!!) even in 2016 Trump only got 52% of the popular vote.  In 2012 and 2008, Ohio voted for Barack Obama. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

But that\u2019s not true in most states.\u00a0\u00a0And that reality,\u00a0\u00a0\u201cmy vote for President really doesn\u2019t matter\u201d is a disincentive to new voters.\u00a0\u00a0Of course their vote does matter for every other elective office on the ballot.\u00a0\u00a0But the Presidential election drives voter turnout, and the United States should recognize that we are driving down the turnout, by law.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s time to change.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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