(02-21-2021, 07:39 PM)robkelk Wrote: So, do you want every member of Congress to be elected at-large, the way the President and Vice-President would be? If not, then I don't understand what you're saying here.
Basically. The Netherlands has many voting districts, but only administratively. All elected members of any government body are elected by all voters, with the votes tallied and distributed according to list transferable vote. (The Senate is an exception, which is composed by the provincial governments. It's mostly a rubber stamp body for legislation.)
Another option would be to create combined delegations, with a subdivision of any representation being elected at the same time and sending representatives according to a proportionality system.
Interestingly, the USA could stuff every inmate into a single voting district for, say, the House of Representatives. Under the current system that district would promptly be broken into 3(ish, rounding errors) districts and send 3 representatives to Congress, if inmates had the right to vote.
(02-21-2021, 07:39 PM)robkelk Wrote: Why shouldn't inmates receive mail?
Should they receive mail? Yes. Would they receive and be able to send mail? That I'm less certain of. I wouldn't be one bit surprised if more than 1 enterprising member of the correctional staff decides that the inmates clearly don't know how to vote right and... corrects those votes. Or just loses them.
I have considerable trust in US law enforcement. It's not a nice trust.