Decius wrote:
] I think we're curtailed the freedom of speech. If I
] support a candidate then I ought to be able to say it, and I
] ought to be able to say it with a great big billboard if I so
] desire.

[ I don't know, seems like that just brings the equation back to money. I can't afford a great big billboard. If you can, and do as you indicate, then we no longer have parity of voice... we no longer have equality in the fundamental strength of our ideas. I have to find 100 or 1000 friends to chip in and help me oppose your voice, for no other reason than you have more cash. Perhaps that's ok, but it seems wrong to me. ..]

] I also think we've seriously violated
] people's personal privacy. I can find out what campaigns my
] employees and business partners have donated money to!!

[ .. i kind of agree, though, laws already exist to protect you from discrimination on those grounds, so i don't know that the risk for abuse has risen. Still, there's no good reason to publish that information, and i tend to be of the opinion that most information should stay private by default, and making anything public should require some justification. ..]

] Each candidate gets a least a page to state his or her case.
] Every office and referenda item is covered. You spend an hour
] looking it over and you walk into the ballot office knowing
] something about who you are voting for.

[ .. I love this idea. I don't know where the best place would be to get the money for printing, etc. such a thing, given how strapped most states are. Perhaps a levy from the parties, based on how many candidates are in it. That way, the people's money supports their information, but it's not prepared by an interest. ..]

] An uninformed Democracy is not a democracy at all.

[ .. quite possibly the biggest problem we face in the U.S. -k]

RE: Georgia Voter's Guide