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For many years the United States government has been an example to developing governments around the world, and for the most part is a pretty good example. Still, American voters face the same delema at every election as they are given the opportunity to vote for the candidate they feel will do the best job but are well aware that a vote for anyone other than one of the two most publicized candidates is most likely a vote being thrown away. This does not have to continue to be the case. I have prepared a petition for federal electoral reform asking that a simple change be made allowing us to vote against a candidate if we choose to do so. This equally increase the chances for all other candidates, making every vote count more than ever before.

The importance of being allowed to vote against someone is not immediately obvious to some people, because they have been conditioned to think that a vote for a candidate's competator is a vote against that candidate. In fact, that is pretty much how it works in the present system because this way of thinking ensures that the competition is between only the two most publicized candidates and that no other candidates have any reasonable chance of competing at all. To make matters worse, the inability to vote against a candidate makes in mathematically almost impossible to correct the situation simply by convincing people to vote for the best candidate even if they think that candidate has no chance of winning the election. In a system where voting against someone is allowed, this would not be the case.

Imagine a hypothetical situation in which the two leading parties have each done their best to make the other leading party's candidate look bad. If the people voting are only allowed to vote for a candidate, one of these two candidates is likely to win. If the people are allowed to vote for or against a candidate, then this mud-slinging process would decrease the chances of either such candidate winning the election. Every vote for any candidate would then have addition weight thanks to the votes of those who could decide who were able to at least decide who they wanted to keep out of office.

I have prepared a simulation of this voting process, for anyone who would like to see what difference this small change could make. If you gather a group of people together and allow them to try my simulation, it should be very obvious what a difference this small change can make.

Here is a link to download vesrion 2 of the simulation in zip format. Unzip the file after downloading and run the contained executable (designed for Windows XP).

I have also prepared a petition, to be signed and presented to the federal government. I'm not sure how to go about this process, but I feel that it's important enough that I should give it a try. Anyone willing to help is quite welcome to do so. Here is a link to download the petition (also in zip format) for those who wish to print out copies and collect signatures.

Better yet, just write the following at the top of a sheet of paper:
We, the undersigned, would like to be allowed to vote for or against candidates of our choosing.
Signature / Printed Name / Home Zip Code

...then collect as many signatures as you can, and send them to me at:
Donald A. Kronos, Ph.D.
1025 Liberty St. Apt. 211
LaCrosse, Wisconsin 54603


Please, help me to make this small change for the better. It may be small, but it has the potential make a big difference in our future.

Donald A. Kronos, PhD.

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