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7. The gerrymandered districts that make it virtually impossible to unelect rotten incumbents. This can be fixed through non-partisan redistricting.

8. The winner-take-all system in each election that fuels lesser evilism. This can be fixed through ranked choice voting, as just done in Maine and in Benton County, Oregon.

9. The Presidential Debate Commission which limits debates to moderators and participants who -- even when they are fed the questions beforehand -- are an utter embarrassment to the human species. This can be fixed by allowing the League of Women Voters or any independent organization to host the debates.

10. The United States Senate, which gives the 40 million people of California no greater representation than the 0.6 million people of Wyoming. This can be fixed by abolishing the United States Senate.

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