Presidential un-choices

There needs to be a way in which US voters can express their dissatisfaction with the choices they have been offered. Rarely has there been a better instance of this need than in the upcoming presidential elections.

Of course we can simply not vote. This, however, plays into the hands of the political machine, giving them even more power. The political managers would probably welcome our abdication from the machinery.

I would like to propose that we develop a system whereby we can responsibly express our unwillingness to accept the situation they present. For instance, ballots could have "None Of The Above" as a choice. Or a constitutional amendment could require that a majority of registered voters vote in the election and the election be declared invalid if that majority is not present. There are a number of ways this can be accomplished that would insure that elected officials really are the result of a majority of the electorate.

On the positive side, the political machine would have to pay attention to the voters in a new way. They would not want an expensive election to result in a recall. A new slate of candidates would have to be proposed and more importantly, a LOT of new "deals" made with the people who provide the money. On the negative side, the amount of time and money that a brand-new election would cost creates a real management problem. There's no way to predict how long the replacement/revote process would take.

Personally, I want to take a positively negative action. It's not enough to simply not vote. I want my discontent with my choices to register directly. I want to vote against inadequate or incompetent potential managers. I don't want a choice between kinds of crap. I want to directly reject it and force political parties to recognize how badly they serve the American people, and even for them to pay for their mistakes.

In other posts I have suggested the presidential process is corrupt from the onset, in that no candidate can possibly raise the funds for a winning campaign without taking money from organizations that have an agenda not in the interests of the general public.

When do I get to vote against and express my extreme dissatisfaction with the current process?