No one in today\u2019s democratic process has enough information to make valid judgments about the qualifications and mind set of candidates. This is true on the local, state and federal levels. There is no source that provides such information in its entirety. Therefore, most vote by party line or from the influence of a candidate\u2019s marketing prowess. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
On the federal level, the electoral procedure was envisioned to take care of this problem. Todays electoral procedure has been bastardized and become not effective. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
What happens if at the local, state and federal levels, voters would elect persons charged with the responsibility to evaluate candidates using a template of needed information?\u00a0 These proxy persons would then rate each candidate and select the one who is best qualified.\u00a0 The electors\/proxy persons would be elected in a democratic way and ideally would not be biased towards party lines or demographics. \u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n
No question that there are a myriad of how-to issues to resolve, but it is very worthwhile to consider modifying the democratic process to reflect today’s culture and complexity. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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