Lawmakers introduce constitutional amendment to impose term limits on Congress

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(01-04-2019, 07:01 PM)Belsnickel Wrote: I'm also highly in favor of increasing the number in the House. We have the same number of Representatives in the House based on what was set in 1911. With a population three times the size of that time, it is asinine that we have the same number of people representing us. My other ideas are a bit more radical, like eliminating districts altogether, ranked-choice-voting, etc.

Ranked-choice-voting?  Not so sure about that.  But, one idea that I think would do much better, would be to do away with campaign ads, and mandate that the candidates face each other in a series of televised debates.  Make these debates broadcast to the entire audience of any particular election;  National, State, or Local.  

I would just about guarantee that when the ads disappear, and the only opportunity people will have to learn about the candidates is to actually listen to them orate, we will get not only a much better informed voting populace, but a lot less knee-jerk voters on election day.