02-08-2017, 10:16 AM
(02-08-2017, 04:38 AM)Rotobeast Wrote: http://reason.com/blog/2017/02/02/libertarian-party-gets-victory-in-suit-a
I had seen this case before and it got me wondering about what would be a good, objective way to include more people in the debates, but not allow just anyone in. I think that might be a decent conversation to be had, here.
Me, personally, I think the standard should be that if a candidate is on the ballot in enough states to garner the 270 necessary electoral votes then they should be allowed on the stage for the GE debates.
Of course, I want to go popular vote for POTUS, so that would thwart this idea. But if we are going to have an EC then we might as well use it as a measuring stick for something like this. I'm not sure what to use if we went popular, though.
"A great democracy has got to be progressive, or it will soon cease to be either great or a democracy..." - TR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
