I forget the name of it, but one option I really liked is a kind of default voting. You register with whichever party you choose, and if you don’t actively vote, your vote goes down-ticket with that party. If you do actively vote, the default gets overridden with wherever you submit, to include abstentions. So, you can still ‘not vote’ or vote outside your party lines, but doing either requires you to actively show up.
Still not a perfect solution, but the people’s preference would be way more accurately reflected by the results.
Combine that with some ranked choice, and… - chef’s kiss -
Of course, now they know pretty much for sure who you vote for and frankly the US is way too far from any kind of decency to be able to handle that appropriately.
I forget the name of it, but one option I really liked is a kind of default voting. You register with whichever party you choose, and if you don’t actively vote, your vote goes down-ticket with that party. If you do actively vote, the default gets overridden with wherever you submit, to include abstentions. So, you can still ‘not vote’ or vote outside your party lines, but doing either requires you to actively show up.
Still not a perfect solution, but the people’s preference would be way more accurately reflected by the results.
Combine that with some ranked choice, and… - chef’s kiss -
I don’t trust any political party enough to give them that sort of power.
Sounds like an invitation for those in power to make the act of voting difficult.
And to suppress registration within blue areas even further, yes.
Of course, now they know pretty much for sure who you vote for and frankly the US is way too far from any kind of decency to be able to handle that appropriately.