These systems have proved successful and I believe them to be deserving of our consideration. I also believe that weekend voting is an idea whose time has come. Early voting is working well in Texas and other states. Voting by mail seems to be working well in Oregon, and some jurisdictions are beginning to vote via the Internet. Having elections only on Tuesdays is also a holdover from that period of our history when policies and practices were designed to discourage and deny participation by certain races and classes of people.
Democracy is a continuous experiment and our Constitution a living document.
Both should be occasionally tweaked and modified to properly address the times within which we live. The Hispanic community in our state is growing rapidly, and our Asian population is increasing significantly. In less than three weeks we will embark upon a new Century, our 21st. It's a reality reflected in almost everything we do except our method of selecting political representation. In that most fundamental ingredient of democracy we are still holding on to 19th Century practices.