Election+Reform

**Election Reform:** We believe that elections in the United States are flawed. Candidates spend far too much money on television adds and campaigning. Currently, candidates must have vast sums of money to run for office and are given money by the political parties that they belong to. This means that people who do not belong to political parties and people who do not have millions of dollars to spend on campaigns have little chance of winning. We believe that this is wrong. We want to:
 * Impose a strict limit on how much money can be spent on campaigns and make sure that candidates spend approximately the same amount of money
 * Give candidates the same amount of media time
 * Strictly limit the amount of time that candidates may campaign for office

Electoral College: We believe that the electoral college needs to go. In the 2000 presidential election, Al Gore lost to George Bush in the electoral college even though he received more popular votes. George Bush won in states that had high populations and therefore had more electoral college members. Also, some states have laws that provide that if a candidate wins majority in the electoral college, the whole state vote counts for that candidate. We believe that the people of the United States are not properly represented in these types of situations. Therefore, the electoral college should be abolished and the popular vote should determine the presidency. This way, the voting process is greatly simplified and the people are represented better.