In the wake of the U.S. Congressional Elections and the aftermath of Bush virtually abolishing Habeas Corpus with bi-partisan support one can consider what to do when having the choice between two evils. It’s been a while ago that Dems and Reps were do obviously two sides to the same old filthy and malodorous coin.
What can you as a voter do, if you are opposing the status quo? Currently the only choice is to make a protest vote, which can be either the act casting a void vote, not voting at all or voting for some 3rd/4th/5th party. Since all these actions can be interpreted freely, the act of a protest vote is always ambiguous. And even if one is protesting the choices one usually still wants to vote for the lesser of the evils in case that the election is regarded flawless.
Would it not be great to have the possibility to also give a satisfaction rating for the current state of the government. One checkbox if the voter does in general not agree with any of the candidates and the other box for voting for the best candidate. Combining such a system with constitutional regulations on how to change the system if more than 50% of the voters are dissatisfied would give the people more direct power in the governance of their country. A more dynamic, direct and less party-prone democracy would be the result.
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