Comments by "Safir Ahmed" (@safirahmed) on "Labour broken promises on electoral reform" video.

  1. Electoral Reform. The following electoral reforms will mean that politicians who are elected are vastly more accountable. 1. Full proportional representation using Single Transferable Vote. Proportional representation will mean the end of electoral dictatorships and decades long safe seats and will mean every vote will count and end the need for tactical voting. 2. Automatic Voter Registration. About 8 million people are not registered to vote and Automatic Voter Registration will mean millions of people will be able to participate in democratic elections. 3. Ban use of Photo Voter ID. Hundreds of thousands of people could be turned away from polling stations at the next general election for not having valid Photo Voter ID and many not being able to obtain Voter Authority Certificate or Anonymous Electors Document resulting in disproportionate share of votes for the incumbent political party. If Photo Voter ID is not banned and not scrapped the alternative could be to provide all voters with free Photo Voter ID, free Voter Authority Certificate or free Anonymous Electors Document. 4. Politicians Wealth Cap (Stop Oligarchy). Some politicians have vast, immense wealth and are clearly working to have established oligarchy in the UK with wealthy politicians utterly detached from reality of the lives of the poor, sick, elderly and disabled people in the UK. A suggested household wealth cap of GBP £10 million including property for all elected politicians and political candidates including councillors, MPs, Elected Mayors, Peers, Police and Crime Commissioners will mean those politicians better represent their constituents as they will understand the lives of the majority of their constituents from life experience. 5. Extended voting days and times. Postal votes could have additional time to return such as a full extra week due to Royal Mail postal delays. Polling stations could be open over 2 (two) consecutive days to allow more people to vote with employers required to offer paid time off for workers, agency workers and contractors to vote. 6. Ban politicians membership of World Economic Forum, Bilderberg Group, Trilateral Commission and similar organisations. A ban on politicians membership of World Economic Forum, Bilderberg Group, Trilateral Commission and similar organisations will mean politicians represent their constituents and not the unelected and unaccountable wealthiest elites on the planet. 7. Politicians banned from membership of Friends Groups of foreign countries. A ban on politicians membership of foreign countries' friends groups will mean foreign countries' interests are not prioritised over the interests of the politicians' constituents, this policy will mean lower dissatisfaction with politicians. 8. Reopen Nominations Option. Ballots could have a Reopen Nominations Option to allow voters to actively choose to reject the candidates and political parties offered on the ballot papers. Should Reopen Nominations Option achieve the largest number of votes the election in the constituency would be re-run with existing, new and/or additional candidates with electoral deposits for the previous election refunded in full to candidates or political parties before new electoral deposits are paid by candidates or their respective political parties.
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