1. REAL Reforms —

   NOOO primaries.

   PR and AppV — pending Condorcet.

2. I’m beginning to think that Demo Rep is on the right track. Primaries are giving us lousy candidates. Maybe the old convention system was actually better. The “insiders” knew who they were nominating. Let each party nominate by convention. Let all independents and minor parties get on the ballot by petition. Then hold one election for all of them by ranked choice or approval voting.

3. What’s to say conventions would get us better candidates?

   Why petition? How about if you want to run, a simple filing is enough? Maybe a modest fee, say $25? If you end up with 37 candidates for Congress, then so be it.

4. @ Eddie:

   1. I’m all far fees as a filing option.

   2. Parties assert that they are private associations. As such, they ought to nominate any way they choose. If they choose to nominate by primary, then they must either self-finance it, or let other voters take part. Technology is making possible new methods of voting that parties ought to consider.

   3. IMO, past conventions have given us some pretty good Presidents. Maybe the party “insiders” really DO know who their best candidates are.

5. PARTIES ARE FACTIONS/FRACTIONS OF THE PUBLIC VOTERS-

   SEE 1989 EU CASE –

   INTERNAL CLUBBY STUFF VS PUBLIC NOMINATION STUFF.
   —-
   EQUAL NOM PETS
   1 VOTER NOM PET FORMS.

   PR AND APPV — PENDING CONDORCET = RCV DONE RIGHT.

6. You lost me now, Demo Rep. Under US law, parties are private associates. IMO, that’s they way they ought to be considered.

7. DONKEYS HAVE HAD AN INTERNAL CIVIL WAR ABOUT DEMOCRACY DELEGATE SELECTION MATH IN DONKEY CONVENTIONS SINCE 1968 –

   SOME RESULTS–
   1992 CLINTON
   2008 OBAMA
   2020 BIDEN

8. https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/489/214/

   see 1979 footnote case – ignored for mere 41 years

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