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skissane • yesterday at 8:53 PM • 1 reply • view on HN

Adopting a parliamentary system would avoid many of these problems—albeit it would require a constitutional amendment. The President could be elected by the House of Representatives from among its own members, for an indefinite term, but could be sacked by the House at any time by a simple majority vote. The President would continue to be a member of the House, and automatically lose office as President if they lost their seat in the House.


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JumpCrisscross • yesterday at 10:33 PM

America’s federal system makes snap elections difficult. And I don’t think anyone right now wants to centralize our elections.

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