Real Reforms Start With Public Balloting- A Harsha Sankar Article

Dear Editor,                                                     November 2019

Half-baked republics lead to democratically elected dictatorships!That is why governance is too important to be left to the votes of the anonymous.

America is brutally ruled by its ruling class, the Attorney "Lawyer-Lobbyist Regime". This happened not because attorneys acted unilaterally. It only happened because people themselves co-operated with the forces of tyranny, enabling this "Ruling Class" to achieve such domination and intimidating influences.

The one flaw, although not the only flaw, that the despotic "Attorney Profession" exploited to achieve such ascension is the voting process is still secret. Not every adult citizen is qualified to pick law-making public servants. That is why voting is not mentioned in the immutable Bill of Rights. Voting is only a civil right(comes from government) and not an unalienable right. Secrecy in casting ballots should not decide who serves in government.

Any adult citizen who casts his or her ballot publicly is qualified to vote.

I would rather someone vote for a candidate who opposes my choice of candidate as long as he or she casts his/her vote publicly than for someone to vote for my choice of candidate but choose to do it secretly, benefiting from its convenience.

From 1888 to 1896, nearly all states adopted the concept of secret ballot. The same arguments for secret ballot made in the late 19th century can be made now and that is the secret ballot was necessary to root out voter intimidation and bribery.Of course, voter intimidation and bribing people to vote with direct payment are against the laws now and even back then. Anyone caught engaging in such activity will be subject to criminal penalties.

The worst thing to fear is fear itself. That came from FDR in 1932 and that will always hold true. In addition, while it is true that public ballots may entice a voter to be influenced with a bribe, one has to have the confidence in their fellow voter that voters will not commit a crime by accepting a bribe to vote a certain way. If a voter succumbs to such corruption, then one has to feel that the transparent system of governance that public ballots enhance and promote will eventually hold those voters accountable for such an illegal act.

For good governance to exist, people have to be willing to take risks. Choosing lawmaking public servants is a public responsibility and not a luxury or convenience. Public responsibilities require public disclosure.

                                                                 

                                                                  Very Truly Yours,

                                                                  Harsha Sankar

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