I'd be more intrigued by how the office of the Vice Presidency would be redesigned, if not abolished, and how the Vice President would be selected. Having him or her on a party slate with the candidate for the Presidency only perpetuates and supports the two-party Duality we have now; the office could become an appointed office, or be abolished — either would be acceptable.

As to the earlier improvements to the existing system, that support breaking the Duopoly, readers can view these:

a) Approval voting

http://bcn.boulder.co.us/government/approvalvot…

b) Proportional representation

http://www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/polit/damy/prlib.htm

It’s bad enough that one percent of the votes will be cast by Al Franken.

You're going to have to get over Franken winning in Minnesota. It's a state wide vote therefor there was no gerrymandering, he got into the Senate with 1,212,629 votes which is more votes than there are voters in
Utah, Nevada, New Mexico, West Virginia, Nebraska, Maine, New Hampshire, Idaho, Rhode Island, Montana, Hawaii, South Dakota, Delaware, North Dakota, Vermont, Alaska, District of Columbia or Wyoming. There are at least 34 other Senators in the Senate who have had far less people vote for them than Franken did.

Every vote, everywhere, would be politically relevant and equal in presidential elections.

The bill would take effect only when enacted, in identical form, by states possessing a majority of the electoral votes–that is, enough electoral votes to elect a President (270 of 538). When the bill comes into effect, all the electoral votes from those states would be awarded to the presidential candidate who receives the most popular votes in all 50 states (and DC).

The Constitution gives every state the power to allocate its electoral votes for president, as well as to change state law on how those votes are awarded.

The bill is currently endorsed by over 1,659 state legislators (in 48 states) who have sponsored and/or cast recorded votes in favor of the bill.

The National Popular Vote bill has passed 29 state legislative chambers, in 19 small, medium-small, medium, and large states, including one house in Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Michigan, Nevada, New Mexico, North Carolina, and Oregon, and both houses in California, Colorado, Hawaii, Illinois, New Jersey, Maryland, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Washington. The bill has been enacted by Hawaii, Illinois, New Jersey, Maryland, and Washington. These five states possess 61 electoral votes — 23% of the 270 necessary to bring the law into effect.

See http://www.NationalPopularVote.com

For multiple persons (seats in a legislature), proportional representation is the way to go.

If you don't believe it, just ask Ralph Nader. He has documented many of these laws.

Note, too, that instant runoff is essentially the same as having an expensive, low-turnout runoff weeks later, but it's done at once, with more voters, and saves money.