2nd Revised Version Of The Choosing Of US Senators

 

Please read this 2nd revised version of how US Senators should be chosen in order to uphold the principles of a Representative Democracy. It is fundamentally different than the earlier two posts.

Population-Based Democracy Vs. Area-Based Democracy-(Part Six) The Choosing Of United States Senator 

The manner/mode in which federal Senators in the upper house are chosen should be different than the manner/mode in which U.S. Representatives in the lower house are chosen. With the current model,the electorate becomes too strong, majoritarianism sets in, and tyranny takes deep root. 

All elections should be public ballot only. Anonymous and even secret balloting only decrease the quality of the electorate. In addition, public balloting eliminates voter fraud. Those who do not have the conviction to publicly display their choice for public official are those who should not have a say on who serves as such. For proper governance to be established and then always preserved, sacrifices and risks must be made. 

Voters in each locality (city or county) cast their ballots for federal senator. The candidate for federal senator who receives the highest number of popular votes in that locality wins that locality. That winning candidate is then allocated an electoral vote. 

The candidate for federal senator who receives the highest number of electoral votes throughout the entire state is declared the federal senator-elect. If there is a tie, then the candidates who tied are then subject to the direct popular vote count per ward/district basis. From the pool of tying candidates, the candidate who received the most popular votes in a ward/district receives an electoral vote. Out of these candidates, the candidate who receives the highest number of electoral votes throughout the state either becomes the federal senator-elect or remains the federal senator. 

If there is a tie amongst two or more candidates in the highest number of electoral votes received, based on one electoral vote assigned to each ward/district, those tying candidates are then subject to a vote by members of the state senate. The candidate who receives the most state senate votes wins the election as federal senator. The vice-governor would cast the tie-breaker if necessary.  

Because lawmakers neither support, apply, or enforce the law, there is no need for any candidate to win the majority of electoral votes (locality or wards/districts) or state senate votes in order to be declared the winner of that legislative election. Only an elected officeholder in the executive branch will need the mandate that the majority of electoral votes, wards/districts, or state senate votes would provide.  

Cliff Notes Version: If a federal senatorial candidate receives the highest amount of popular votes in a locality, he or she receives an electoral vote. The candidate who receives the highest number of electoral votes in the entire state  wins the U.S. Senate seat. 

If more than one candidate receives the same highest number of electoral votes, the candidate chosen from the tying candidates who wins the most wards/districts via popular voting wins the federal senatorial race. 

If there still exists a tie in the highest number of wards/districts won by two or more candidates, then the state senate via majority voting chooses the U.S. senator. The vice-governor would cast the tie-breaker if necessary.