Your Vote Is Your Vote.

       In order to insure that wealth did not and could not unfairly infect our electoral process, and to protect our democracy, Congress set up the Federal Election Commission. This commission's duty is to make sure that any money donated to any political campaign was properly vetted and found to be legally allowed to be used for that purpose. In order not to have either party have an upper handed advantage, it was decided that there would be three members of each of the two political parties on the commission and that it would require four members to institute any investigation of any complaint.
       Now the law setting this commission up is pages and pages long. It can be explained in one paragraph. In fact it can be explained in one word: Deadlock. Here's the thing, if it takes four members of the FEC to empty the waste basket, and there are three of each party, that basket still hasn't been emptied. If the Republicans don't want any Republicans investigated, they just vote no. If the Democrats don't want any Democrats investigated, they just vote no. Remember, it takes four votes to do its job.
       That's the danger of having an even number, evenly split commission. But its not just a danger, its a fact that has been happening constantly for years. Its a great big joke that Congress played on itself, that made all of us the butt of the joke.
       So, if you see some smuggler smuggling in a suitcase of money and handing it to your favorite Congressman, with your own eyes, you can report it to the FEC and they'll first ask which party that Congressman belongs to. That's the party that gets to vote no on any investigation. That's right, it only takes three members to be in attendance at a time. This is why you can rest assured that the next election can be bought, just like the last one. Its all a matter of alternative votes.