Organizations and individuals make progress and prosper when they honestly look at their processes, find their flaws, and fix those flaws with new or revised processes. One of the keys to making those new processes work is to build in desired behavior incentives for the people implementing those processes. These are all examples of management’s proper application of the Law of Cause and Effect.
Missouri State alumnus Larry R. Bradley has seen that law of success repeated over and over. He saw its implementation first through his varied experiences as a U.S. Army Infantry Officer, including being the co-author of Army policy for a $36 Billion program, and later in a second career as a sales executive responsible for millions of dollars in sales. Whether working in big organizations or small, in government or private industry, Larry found the proper application of the Law of Cause and Effect to be the key to success and progress.
Larry is combining his knowledge of how to achieve organizational success with his undergraduate degree in Political Science, to change the way America does its elections. He describes himself as a Voter Advocate involved in creating the needed changes to make American politics and government more effective and efficient.
“My conclusion is this,” says Bradley. “The true root of America’s political problems is not (despite what the two sides claim) one side or the other. The true root of the problems is our electoral system. Our electoral processes limit voters’ choices and enable political parties to restrict the competition their candidates must face. Voters are, therefore, confronted with a spoiler scenario that forces them to choose between the lesser of two evils. Voters are not able to properly reward good behavior and punish bad behavior. As a result, our government is in constant turmoil.”
Larry is already the impetus behind legislation in Nebraska to bring change to their ballot and voting processes and hopes to expand his efforts to Missouri and other states. He recommends three specific changes to state election laws. Eliminate the spoiler scenario by replacing the winner take all ballot with Instant Runoff Voting. Eradicate gerrymandering by doing away with Congressional Districts in favor of proportional representation. Level the playing field for Presidential competition by allocating the Electors to the Electoral College based on the Popular Vote within each individual state. Bradley contends making those three changes would immediately inhibit the influence of money on our electoral system and put the elected leadership in place needed to finish the job and fully negate its influence.
A more detailed look at the specific changes Larry advocates, as well as opportunities to support his electoral reform efforts, are on his web site at TheCenterStrikesBack.org.