• FoxAndKitten@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Biden was old in 2020, he was old in 2016 too. So was Trump.

    Nominating younger options would be great… Except we have 2 parties who have special rights and few restrictions - they can straight up throw out nominations if they want, and they’ve convinced the public at large that 3rd parties aren’t an option

    We need ranked choice voting desperately.

    Personally, I also think all votes should be write-in. If you don’t know which office they’re running for and can’t spell your candidates name correctly, you haven’t met a very low bar of education on the topic. Maybe your vote shouldn’t count

    • TechyDad@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Needing to spell your candidate’s name wouldn’t be good for people with complex names. Suppose Vivek Ramaswamy is running against Bill Smith. Putting politics aside (since I don’t agree with Vivek’s politics, but this could just as easily be a Democrat with a long name), should he get less votes simply because his name is harder to spell correctly?