the minarchist party... the anarcho-capitalist party... maybe even the Mises party... coming soon.
okay here's the idea.
political candidates can loose elections
because of the 3rd party split vote. thus hurting the statesman and his
constituency. it further hinders the constituency by the realization of
the 2 party system, induce the populace to vote for the "winner" and
not vote their conscience. or there is a dileama, either they vote
their conscience and most likely end up with their last choice winning
the seat, or they can vote forsake their first choice and settle for
their 2nd choice. either option is not good.
here is the solution. to iplement a multiple cho
ce
ballot system. in which the voter makes one fewer choice than there are
people running for office. he votes for his first choice, his second,
3rd and so on. when the votes are counted, it is the votes of
everyone's first choice that are counted. if a candidate recieves 50.01
percent of the vote, that is the end of the process. but if 50.01
percent is recieved by none of the candidates. the candidate with the
lowest percentage of votes will be dropped. the ballots cast for him
will be reread with the machine set to read the second choice, the
machine will be set to read the second choice and the machine will also
be set to only read the 2nd choice on those ballots where the first
vote is for the most unpopular candidate.
if this results in a
candidate getting 50.01% then its over, if not the next candidate with
the least number of popular votes will be dropped and the ballots with
him as first choice will be run through as aforementioned. also if any
voter had voted first for the least popular canidate as his first
choice, and the 2nd least popular candidate as his 2nd choice, his
ballot would also be reread for his third choice.
again if this
results in a candidate receiving 50.01% of the vote then its over. if
not. the next candidate with the fewest votes is dropped. the ballots
that chose him for #1 have their #2 counted, if that #2 was either of
the previous candidates who had been dropped off, it ballot would be
read at #3 or 4 if the #3 had been dropped. for anyone's whose 2nd or
3rd choice had been cast for this unpopular candidate, their ballot
would be read as the # 3 or #4.
if this results in a candidate winning 50.01% of the vote then it is over. if not the pattern is repeated.
This
will protect politicians from the 3rd party spoiler, it will also
protect voters from having to choose between the lesser of 2 evils as
they see it, or having to vote their conscience at the risk of seeing
their last choice win the election.
most importantly it will stir
debate and ensure that elected officials will be elected by a true
majority, and not just a plurality.