There is an excellent in-between solution, but you need to pay close attention to the US Constitution to see it.
We are in this conundrum exactly because we are not following the US Constitution's directions.
Voting-wise, we have the Federal elections described in the US Constitution. This original part of the US Constitution was a compromise the Framers made with the 13 Colonies. We have the Old-English voting system for all Federal officials.
Then… the Framers wrote the Bill of Rights as a reaction to missing out on the Enlightenment they desired (yes, they came with warts themselves but their ideals were really high).
So, reading the Amendments in light of our voting systems, we must have the best in place for State and local elections. The Framers demand it.
But... that is not what we have.
The Federal elections concentrate powers in the hands of fewer groups (concentrating it because the majority does not have just the majority of the seats: the majority has ALL the seats).
The States, competing with the Federal level for their power, pulled out their middle finger toward the People, and used the same Old-English voting system. They concentrated powers so they would be a stronghold, too. Then, they also demanded it for the local level.
Yet... the US Constitution in Ninth and Tenth Amendments, and very clearly explained in the Fourteenth Amendment, these amendments tell the States in extremely explicit language to not "make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States".
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You see it?
A privilege is when you are entitled to representation, not just the right to vote. Coming out of the voting booth, having voted for the loser so you got nothing you wanted, that is not a privilege. When 40% of the people got nothing from going to the voting booth, then that is not a privilege. They screwed us over. The State powers that be screwed us over.
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We should have a three-to-five party system in place, but we got this two-party system because the two parties penetrated the State and local level with these very restricted voting systems to concentrate powers beyond what the US Constitution declares.
They screwed us over.
Federal level: Concentration of Powers.
State level: Concentration of Powers.
Local level: Concentration of Powers.
This is what the US Constitution declares:
Federal level: Concentration of Powers.
State level: Full Representation.
Local level: Full Representation.
Thomas Jefferson already devised a voting system that delivers Full Representation. Other nations in the world are using it. It works really well.
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No, the Federal level cannot get changed. Yet by having more than two parties fully represented at local and State level, the Federal level will end up with a three-to-five party system.
That happens to be exactly what we need. Political Freedom ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !
Fred-Rick Schermer
Founder of Local Revolutions, a grassroots organization working toward more accurate representation in politics.
Join us in the good fight: https://fred-rick.medium.com/citizens-invoking-the-us-constitution-325c17290881
