Like when I hand in a ballot, my vote is exactly as I submit, to include abstentions.
But if I don’t turn in a ballot for any election I’m eligible to vote in, my vote just defaults to a solid down-ballot of the party I’m registered as, or following a custom party ranking to auto-fill ranked choice ballots.
A “None of the above” option would resolve most of those issues.
If “None of the above” wins, a snap election is called a short time later (three months?), and no candidate who ran in that election is allowed to run in the snap election.
I like the idea on the surface, but no, I don’t want to be forced to vote for a few reasons:
Making election day a Federal holiday and guaranteeing everyone has the option to vote would be more effective and have a better outcome.
I wouldn’t mind a default vote option.
Like when I hand in a ballot, my vote is exactly as I submit, to include abstentions.
But if I don’t turn in a ballot for any election I’m eligible to vote in, my vote just defaults to a solid down-ballot of the party I’m registered as, or following a custom party ranking to auto-fill ranked choice ballots.
A “None of the above” option would resolve most of those issues.
If “None of the above” wins, a snap election is called a short time later (three months?), and no candidate who ran in that election is allowed to run in the snap election.
Can vote null or neither
You know you can turn in a ballot without filling it out, right? There’s your no-vote.
You should be allowed to vote “present” and that’s it.