Several problems off the top of my head:
Voting happens on one day. A weekday/work day. Not everyone can afford to go to a voting center while they work, and due to having such a concentrated time to vote, there are lines, and not everyone gets the chance to vote.
Transportation is a huge issue. The poor don't necessarily have reliable access to transportation, public transportation isn't free, and not available in all areas.
Voter ID initiatives (it should be tied to selective service, not license).
Gerrymandering.
The knowledge that the primary delegate system and electoral college system are inherently flawed, as is our two party system, resulting in a general malaise.
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The system may have made sense in a collection of colonies whose total population was a fraction of what we have now, but it's really a dumb way to do things in the present day with 300+ million people.
Voting happens on one day. A weekday/work day. Not everyone can afford to go to a voting center while they work, and due to having such a concentrated time to vote, there are lines, and not everyone gets the chance to vote.
Transportation is a huge issue. The poor don't necessarily have reliable access to transportation, public transportation isn't free, and not available in all areas.
Voter ID initiatives (it should be tied to selective service, not license).
Gerrymandering.
The knowledge that the primary delegate system and electoral college system are inherently flawed, as is our two party system, resulting in a general malaise.
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The system may have made sense in a collection of colonies whose total population was a fraction of what we have now, but it's really a dumb way to do things in the present day with 300+ million people.
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