First premature example: Multiple Day Voting
Advance polls were introduced to increase voter turnout with more convenient days to vote. Vote-by-mail offers the convenience of voting from home and was extended to include in-town voters during the pandemic.
Advance polls and vote-by-mail have weakened the drama of the vote by spreading the event over many days and shortening the election campaign period.
Second premature example: Elimination of Distributed Learning
A year ago, in 2020, Bill 8 changed the name of "Distributed Learning" to "Online Learning" to bring this type of K-12 schooling back to the local School Board.
Distributed Learning Schools have been enrolling online students outside their School Board's catchment area for many years.
Restricting the enrolment opportunities of 10% of the K-12 student population to the local school board may be convenient in theory. Renaming "distributed" learning to "online" learning may be convenient for understanding by the general public because it makes online learning appear to be the same as classroom learning except for internet delivery.
The alternative to a convenient solution is an inconvenient one.
First inconvenient example: One Day Voting
Yes it is inconvenient to have only one day to schedule a trip to the polling station, but this way everyone has been exposed to the complete election campaign period. Everyone votes the same way (almost everyone - 95%). The results are announced by the end of Election Day. It's simple. It's believable. It has high credibility, it's the gold standard of voting integrity.
The rallying cry is, "Restore One Day Voting."
Second inconvenient example: Distributed Learning
Distributed learning is different than classroom learning. Both are directed by a certified teacher, but distributed leaning is delivered by a parent at home. Yes there is an online component but there are other components, including the use of experts in subject matter and special needs, as chosen by the parent and approved by the teacher. And funded as fully as School Board classrooms are.
This model of teacher directed and parent delivered education is loved by parents. It provides individualized instruction to an awe-inspiring extent.
The rallying cry is, "Keep Distributed Learning Schools."
