Mandatory voting in all elections at every level. Election Day synchronized at all levels. Election Day a national holiday on a regular working day with mandatory time off. Emergency workers and similar essential personnel automaticaly get to vote early. Anybody who needs help voting gets it whether by early voting, absentee ballot, or whatever’s needed. All elections run by a non-partisan independent commission like Elections Canada. Fines for not voting deducted from any benefit you receive or added onto your taxes. All paid political messaging in all media allowed only during a sixty-day window before Election Day; you can talk all you want on whatever media you like, but the media can’t run your message on a pay-per-message basis except during that window. The right to vote to be absolute; no citizen can be barred from voting at any level for any reason whatsoever.
Mandatory voting in all elections at every level. Election Day synchronized at all levels. Election Day a national holiday on a regular working day with mandatory time off. Emergency workers and similar essential personnel automaticaly get to vote early. Anybody who needs help voting gets it whether by early voting, absentee ballot, or whatever’s needed. All elections run by a non-partisan independent commission like Elections Canada. Fines for not voting deducted from any benefit you receive or added onto your taxes. All paid political messaging in all media allowed only during a sixty-day window before Election Day; you can talk all you want on whatever media you like, but the media can’t run your message on a pay-per-message basis except during that window. The right to vote to be absolute; no citizen can be barred from voting at any level for any reason whatsoever.