And yet, somehow it's not nearly as exciting as I thought it'd be.
In fact, it's actually quite depressing.
Well okay, there are some initiatives on the ballot I'm voting for and some I'm voting against (the former is giving state residents people the right to know their food has been fucked with by chemical companies, and the latter is one that benefits Tim Eyman, so you know it's bad).
But really apart from that, there's very little else to get excited about.
I'm really at the point in life where my political views are so jaded now - a choice between right-wingers and slightly center-of-right isn't much of a choice - both are pretty much pawns of corporations and PAC money now.
And most of the non-partisan ones feature people I either know nothing about, or likely I'd rather not know anything about because they suck.
Sure I could write in a candidate if I wanted to - but that would be pointless.
No - what would be a better alternative is to be able to legally spoil my ballot, but have it count.
Think about it - can you imagine if voters were empowered to do that? I think if it were enabled, voters would basically call both parties asses, and not be happy with either. What would happen?
Sure the government would be filled with chaos and confusion, thus miring down our court system. But ultimately I think the political parties would be forced to field new candidates. I think it'd be a great initiative.
Another idea (I just let them keep rolling) would be to have a spending cap on each political candidate - that is limit how much they can collect and spend. This is a variation on limiting campaign financing to public funds only, and banning private and corporate donations, but more so, it'd really take money out of the picture by forcing political campaigns to focus less on dollars and ads, and more on debate, discussions, and really talking about the issues without the Global Establishment involved.
But what do I know? I'm just a new American.
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