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In reply to the discussion: Sasse proposes ending direct election of U.S. senators [View all]ck4829
(35,077 posts)Take the two senators for each state and make them "represenatives for the state" that can be voted every two years just like the normal house representatives there would be some clear benefits to this and have the House absorb the Senate's powers delegated to it...
* Check against gerrymandering, every voter in the state would have a say on who those reps for the state would be
* Unicameralism would be a greater check on the executive branch's power, something the past 4 years have shown we desperately could use more of
* Give a lot more value to each vote of each individual voter
Infrastructure-wise and technology-wise, we are not the same country we are back when the Constitution was first written. We should be going forward, not backward.