TOTAL LICENSING
• • - There is no com- impeding observation of candidates over a states with luck could squeeze into any round
punction for any state time span which might allow lesser known from round 4 up. Again, it would be the luck of
which to choose – efef- candidates to become known and maybe the draw which would change each cycle and
fects are totally unpree- accepted. keep step with demographic changes between
dictable. • -Only previously prominent candidates or states since the number of congressional dis-
those with tremendous wealth could afford tricts is always fixed by law.
THE TIME ZONE the needed investment into a Mega Media • To give a small example how much of the
MODEL Blitz for one day. electorate would be voting:
(Professor Mark SieSie- • - It would not allow candidates enough Round 1: 1.8%
gel, George Washingashing- time to raise contributions nationally one by Round 2: 3.6%
ton University and former National Democratic one - through field work. Round 3: 5.5% more
Committee Executive Director). • -It would favor the political oligarchs and Round 4: By now after 10% have voted,
He groups states into three blocks: Eastern, the “ruling families” and make elections even California, New York, Texas and Florida
Central, Mountain/Pacific. The zones rotate their private province. (examples: Putin/ are eligible. So large states retain their
each zone. Each zone has a time slot the first Medvediev, Bush Senior/Bush Jr./ Bill and influence but not all at the same time. Again,
Tuesday April, of May and of June. Each election Hillary Clinton. ) their luck in the lottery will decide more
cycle recommences 12 years. Each zone gets fairly for the whole country rather than
each place. It should be noted that none of the listed plans disorderly free choice could.
• + This prevents domination by certain were capable of adoption by the political parties • If Round 1 started on January 29
th
, by June
big states because of total mix in each – but all and the many more I omitted brought 17 the campaign would have ended
individual zone. valuable ideas and insights together with some (conventions are traditionally in August)
• - The region in first place weeds out losing shortcomings into the national dialogue. • We have one anomaly left – the 640 pound
candidates so leads to segmentation of No plan can be vetted against unanticipated Gorilla in the House of American States:
country and triumphant regionalism. consequences, but try something we must! California with its 53 districts. However
Position for upcoming election is known in Over some twenty years an engineer named the plan itself can be updated every 10
advance so it can be planed for. Also the Thomas Gangale (we mentioned him earlier), years as census figures update the political
Eastern zone is too big in population worked away and refined and fought for what I landscape.
compared to others so it rules the roost. believe has now a chance of success and adop-
tion. So far it was adopted by the California CAN THIS PLAN BE PUT INTO EFFECT
OTHER VARIANTS Democratic state organization to be proposed. If both parties agree at their conventions this
Representative Sander Levin of Michigan and Sena- Here is what it provides. It is dubbed fittingly: year to create a new commission, it can be op-
tor Bob Packwood, Republican, Oregon. erating in time for 2012 and we can enter the
They divide the country into 5 or 6 regions with THE AMERICAN PLAN 21
st
Century free of present unworkable mess.
specific dates from March to July, and choose It would provide for a gradual entry into cam- If this election is about change, here is a change
either rotation or lottery as determiner for paign results by creating 10 primary dates, with worth trying. It might even smooth the path to
the chronological order of region to avoid pre 14 day intervals between them. acceptance of public financing for all qualified
planned pre-eminence. • It sorts states by the number of congressio- candidates. Here is a challenge. Use your influ-
nal districts in a given state (we learned about ence Hillary, Barak and John!!!
ONE SINGLE NATIONAL PRIMARY DAY districts earlier in this column, they signify popu-
A single day solution sounds deceptively simple lation quantity). As a patriot I should remind you that change
and in Gallup and New York Times polls received • With this approach it protects a longer of power, under any method was and is still
high marks from citizens. Politicians, however, did period of competitiveness and eliminates smooth, free of bloodshed, strife or war. It may
not react with the same enthusiasm and neither the attraction of front loading (Getting not be perfect but it has worked and works all
did Political Scientists. there first!). the time.
• +It shortens prenomination season, less • If we add the territories of Samoa, Guam,
money spent less strain on candidates. Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and the
• +It protects qualified voters in every State Virgin Islands as one each district to the
View from America is a Total Licens-
so they can exercise their right to make 435 congressional districts that make up the ing magazine column written regularly
their vote count equally. USA, we arrive at a total of 400 districts.
by George Medina of New York-based
• -H.L. Mencken wrote: “For every complex
Intercontinental Licensing. The column is
problem there is a solution that is simple, If our 10 dates are graduated from small to large
intended to give our readers worldwide
neat and wrong! If Super Tuesday and Mega district quantities we get 8 + 16 + 24 +32 +40
some idea of the American mind set and
incidentally his own opinion to help them
Tuesday are weapons of destruction, the +48 +56 +64 +72 + 80 = 440. In ascending order,
understand key issues in today’s world.
National Primary Day is a Doomsday states fitting into the upper tier of the bracket
If you have any questions, comments or
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