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System is full of twists and turns that leave voters confused By Mateus Falci American Heritage Important: This article was last updated on March 20, 2008. Please call ahead to confirm hours, prices, dates and other information.
America — the greatest democracy on earth with the worst voting system. What is up with our primary and electoral system? It's full of twists and turns that leave voters confused and wondering if their vote even counts. Well, sometimes it doesn't. For example, Florida and Michigan's delegates were stripped from them by the Democratic Party because the states decided to move their primaries up on the calendar. The Democratic National Committee is considering having a recount so Floridians can have some say about the Democratic nominee. However, they refuse to pay for the second voting process in these two states. And what in the world is a caucus? I had no idea until I did some research and it seems like an extremely arbitrary way to elect a candidate. From what I understand, it is basically a meeting held to decide which candidate has the best credentials. It truly is a terribly confusing process. Even the states that have basic primary elections manage to add twists and turns to their process. Barack Obama managed to get more delegates from Nevada even though Hillary Clinton won the majority of votes. If that's not enough, what about the unbound free agents? These are delegates who can choose to vote for who they want, without being bound to the percentage of votes in their home state. What? No way! That's what I thought. It simply does not make sense. This is a seriously screwed up system. Whatever happened to the most votes equaling the winner of an election? How do all these strange and, in my opinion, useless rules and methods improve the process of voting at all? America needs to try a little thing called a popular vote. Ditch the caucuses, ditch the delegates and choose the candidate who has the most votes — simple as that. That goes for the presidential vote, too. I have had enough of the electoral system. We are voting for the president of the country, so state boundaries should be forgotten and each vote should go directly to a national vote. If this ever happens, America will have a voting system that actually makes sense and leaves voters confident their votes count. |
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