Ohio has a peculiar system for choosing state judges, including members of the State Supreme Court. They are nominated in partisan primaries. Then they run in the general election but no party labels are on the November ballot. The August 14 issue of the Toledo Blade has this editorial, saying if the state continues to nominate judicial candidates in partisan primaries, then party labels should be on the general election ballot.
However, the editorial also advocates that Ohio stop electing judges. As the editorial notes, the Democratic Party and others have a pending federal lawsuit, arguing that because Ohio prints partisan labels on the November ballot for other partisan office, the state cannot withhold partisan labels for judicial nominees in the general election.
The Great Lakes Super-state Parliament Circuit #7
Indiana, Michigan and Ohio
http://www.usparliament.org/ss7.htm
Dave Thayer [United Society of All], Ashley Buck [Independent], Eric Smith [Republican], Joel Harris [Independent], Jeff Herman [Third], Mable Kovach [Democratic], Marie Phillips [Democratic], Dennis Davidsmeyer [Democratic], Michael A. Cluley [America First], Austin Post [Independent], Mark Steele [Discordian], Gigglebear [Pot], Dan Calson [American Pot], Aleah Smith [Pot], Nick Watson [Pot], Paula Leikari [Democratic], Patricia Grimmett [Independent], Paul Marcel-Rene’ [LDS], Ed Blythsly [Pot], James Tipton [Pot], Cody Allen Jenkins [Pot], Katherine Nivens [Republican], Cody Priest [Pot], Pamela Brett Albers [Republican], Nate Wien [Pot], Luke Pfister [Pot], Joyousone [Democratic], Shawn Brown [Pot], Arthur Miller [No Illegal Alien], Roberta Gottlebe [No Illegal Alien], Anonymous [Republican], Michal McKay [Pot], Erica Wells [Pot], Jeremiah Freedom [Michigan Top Rep.], Casper Leitch [Independent], Michael Davis [Communist]
The 6th California Super-state Parliament Circuit #11
Updated on 8/6/2010
8/6/2010 through 8/5/2014
http://www.usparliament.org/ss11.htm
Five Elected Executives
Prime Minister PRAVDA McCroskey [Democratic]
Secretary Gail Lightfoot [Libertarian]
Prime Minister Lynnette Shaw [Democratic]
Secretary Jim Doyle [Republican]
Prime Minister Virgil Hales [Green-Pot-Christ]
Two Elected Full Ministers
Attorney General Minister Jack Harrison [Peace and Freedom]
Communications Minister Alex Plewniak [Libertarian]
One Elected Deputy Minister
Deputy Attorney General Kennith Weissman [Libertarian]
One Hundred Elected Members of Super-state Parliament (MSPs)
Libertarian Party – 30 MSPs
Starchild, Mary J. Ruwart, Gail Lightfoot, Pamela J. Brown, Cory Nott, Lawrence Samuels, Kristi Stone, Marian Smithson, Sandi Web, Dale Ogden, Donna Tello, Richard Winger, Ned Roscoe, Vince Carlton [Libertarian at Large], Richard Vinable, Steve Kubby, Mark Hinkle, Alex Plewniak, Dwight Bailey, Tony Monroe, Dave LeBlanc, Richard Rider, Richard S. Bronstein, Michael Metti, Byron Stephens, Richard Newell, Andrew “Andy” Favor, Timothy J. Hannon, Angela Keaton and Kevin Takenaga
Pot Party – 20 MSPs
Bouhlod Khembisai, Mark Rodrigues, Ezekial Mitchel, Robert S., Jim Cruise, James May, Adam Meed, Phil Zek, Chuck John, Adam Morgan, Josh Nickson, Junior Stevenson [Pothead], Evan Santos, Rory Hicks [Liberal-Pot], Kyle Kirby, Jason Maya, Brad Orand, Jesse Waterman, Brent Nevile and Alex Haser [Pothead]
Parties With One Seat – 11 MSPs
Christina Adams [Environmentalist], Vanessa Moreley [Defender of the Republic], Cherish Prieditis [Anarchist], John Bergamini [Food Not Bombs], Allen McKinney [Open], Sterling [Hemp], Joel Castle [Intelligence], Eddy Lepp [Nonpartisan], Marci Pinkard [Decline to State], Darryl Perry [Boston Tea] and Jim Doyle [Republican]
Peace and Freedom Party – 12 MSPs
Jack Harrison, Debra L. Reiger, Jan Tucker, Stewart Alexander, Karen Martinez, Dina Josephine Padilla, CT Weber, Marylou Cabral, Janice Jordan, Carlos Alverez, Mohammed Arif and Robert J. Evans
Independents – 5 MSPs
Christina Tobin, Lucia Goin, Jerry Leon Carroll, Amory and Neil Brian Goldberg
Information Not Available – 4 MSPs
Bob Watkins, Ani Defranco, Carlos Santana and Mark Williams
Marijuana Party – 4 MSPs
David Payne, James Barbee [Free Marijuana], Thressia Keys and Edward Zuniga
American Independent Party – 3 MSPs
Diane Bealle Templin, Markham Robinson and Don Lake
Free and Equal Party – 3 MSPs
James Ogle, Wayne Christopher and Babette Hogan
Green Party – 3 MSPs
Virgil Hales [Green-Pot-Christ], Kevin Clark [Green Libertarian] and Ross Frankel
Free Parliamentary – 3 MSPs
Laura Booth, Daniel Penisten [Free Parliament] and Adrian Hickman
Constitution Party – 2 MSPs
Chelene Nightingale and Joseph Sobran
Total – 100 MSPs
President Christina Tobin [Independent] and Vice President James Ogle [Free and Equal]
Updated on first vote count 8/6/2010
BAN THE COMMUNICATION TOOL!!
Starr/Nader for President in 2035!
Sue Your Way to Victory!
(Besides, Swarzenegger needs more good free bad publicity…and double-overtime pay in legal fees for his lawyer friends is like a cherry on top. Between you, Newsom and him, you can rotate roles every few years!)
Proportionalism = working together to get stronger.
Pluralism = fighting to get stronger.
It’s clear some choose the 2nd path,
and claimed “not interested” in the 1st.
Appointed judges = more party hacks — just like all Federal judges.
Nonpartisan nominations and elections of all elected executive officers and all judges — using Approval Voting.
Demo Rep wrote:
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“Nonpartisan nominations and elections of all elected executive officers and all judges”
OK so far…
“— using Approval Voting.”
Hahahahahahsahahahahaha
Approval voting is mathematically inferior to pure proportional representation, because ranked voting easily breaks more ties. –James
…oh and partisan elections are superior to nonpartisan elections because one word(s) of free speech beside each name is more helpful to the voter than no word(s) of free speech. No word(s) of free speech is pretty much BOOOoooring.
P.R. and App.V. — regardless of math juveniles on this list — pending advanced head to head math — requiring LOTS of public education.
James,
Actually STV has a GREATER tie risk than Approval Voting.
http://scorevoting.net/TieRisk.html
Jack Harrison died last year.