Sunday, November 12, 2006

Democratic Politics

Several people in the Philippines asked me about the U.S. election. Everyone I met who brought up the subject is pleased with the result.

Speaker Nancy Pelosi has a "100 hour" agenda which she promises, and her list isn't bad. If the Democrats are going to pass a minimum wage increase then it ought to be indexed to inflation, but that's a quibble. In the next 100 hours, how about fixing the broken election system? There's a simple fix: adopt Oregon's vote-by-mail system nationally. Does anyone have a cogent, reasoned argument against vote-by-mail? It looks like a great system.

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