On November 21, supporters of ranked choice voting submitted signatures for a Massachusetts initiative to use that system in all federal and state elections. Thanks to Fairvote for this news.
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Edited By Richard Winger
On November 21, supporters of ranked choice voting submitted signatures for a Massachusetts initiative to use that system in all federal and state elections. Thanks to Fairvote for this news.
Including Presidential electors?
cool beans!
https://www.voterchoicema.org/
More RED communists with their *mandates* ???
Last of any Elephants moving OUT ???
This is a good initiative. I hope it qualifies for the ballot and passes.
The initiative would maintain segregated partisan primaries. You would end up with a situation like in Maine where the primaries for minor parties are at best Top 1, and usually BIG ZERO.
Good, party primaries should be segregated.
There is no need for segregated partisan primaries.
Yes, there is. The entire purpose of a primary is so each party can chose its nominee to move onto the general election ballot.
NOOO primaries, caucuses and conventions.
INDIVIDUAL candidate nominations ONLY via EQUAL Nom. pets.
PR and AppV and TOTSOP
@Andy,
The actual purpose of segregated tax-payer funded primaries:
(1) Establish a rationalization for erecting barriers to independent and minor parties.
(2) Restrict voter choice;
(3) Exclude voters from the process unless they publicly align with a party;
(4) Make a reason to maintain records of the political beliefs of voters.
Hardly seem libertarian to me.
(5) Have top party hack monarchs/oligarchs try to CONTROL who gets nominated – esp in gerrymander areas.
The United Coalition USA is eliminating all single-winner districts and multiple-winner election districts under plurality voting with the new pure proportional representation Electoral College.
Voting on paper ballot for first stage is going on now:
http://Www.allpartysystem.com/e-aps-13.pdf
I am not opposed to getting rid of taxpayer funded primaries, and letting each party nominate by convention, but given that taxpayer funded primaries exist, they shoukd be segregated.
@Andy,
Why should the state be in the business of recognizing political parties?
Suppose that two candidates come up to you. You really like them both, they’re running for different offices. Then it turns out that one is a Libertarian. You promise to vote for him in the primary. The other is in another party. I’m sorry I can’t vote for you, but I’ll write a check for $10, $100, etc. (I don’t know your finances). Isn’t that insane? You can put a sign that says “Vote For Jones” when it is illegal for you to vote for Jones.
Jim, if primaries we’re abolished, parties could all nominate by convention. This is not the world in which we live. States have primaries, and primaries should be segregated.
INDIVIDUAL candidates are nominated and some are elected.
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PR and AppV and TOTSOP.
@Andy,
If you eliminated state recognized nominations, political clubs might form. We’ll call them clubs rather than parties, because some people think that parties are agencies of the government. These clubs might recruit candidates, assist them in qualifying for the ballot, provide financial support and engage in GOTV effort.
The government no more needs to regulate the formation of political clubs, than it does fornation of church congregations.
THOSE CLUBS CAN HAVE THEIR CLUBBY MEETINGS AND PROPOSE CLUBBY PLATFORMS AND ENDORSE CLUBBY INDIVIDUAL CANDIDATES.