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Originally Posted by Admiral Halsey
I agree that we need to get rid of the Federal Reserve and need some more 3rd parties. Problem is with that last one they won't win anything until people stop thinking that voting for one is a "wasted vote".
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One easily implemented solution is to move our federal elections from a plurality system to a majority system.
I have been doing some research and I can not find any US law/regulation that mandates that elections be based on a plurality outcome instead of a majority. The only exception is the counting of the votes of the electoral college by the Vice President.
If we could start electing our congressional representatives on a majority schema, then third party votes would not be "wasted". Unfortunately, in our plurality schema, they are wasted. Especially if the voter is put in a position of voting against a candidate instead of voting for a candidate.