Oh, I left out one more important thing...

The winner should be the candidate with the majority of votes - i.e. 50+% - but without some sort of preference system, that may be difficult to do in a single round - you would need a second round, like the French Presidential System. But it would allow the growth of real alternate parties before the 'real Revolution' arises out of nowhere and engulfs the USA.

Oh, and BTW, NOBODY votes for the President - you can only vote for people who are not compelled to follow the popular vote - the stupid electoral college system - which was designed in horse and buggy days.... all those primaries now should be held on one day too! you don't have an Election - you have a Circus! - and an industry that wastes huge amounts of resources.

I also think that by locking the whole process into fixed dates - nasty tricks can be planned - fixed terms may be ok - but the election should be decided when it is decided (the counting finished and all appeals finished) - not on a fixed date!

Robin