California Defeats, Washington Passes Anti-Third Party Measures

With most of the votes counted in California and Washington state, it appears that California voters have defeated Proposition 62, but Washington state voters have passed I-872.

Both propositions would eliminate minor party members for congress and state office from appearing on November ballots.


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California Defeats, Washington Passes Anti-Third Party Measures — 2 Comments

  1. Congrats to CA voters for defeating the “top two” Prop. 62 monstrosity. It’s not surprising that WA state passed I-872, since it has a long history of using the blanket primary.

    It’ll be interesting to see what the federal courts say about this. Meantime, this’ll hopefully discourage efforts to enact similar measures in Oregon & Alaska.

    The “top two” makes it much harder for small-party & independent candidates to reach the final election, but it’s not impossible. (The Libertarians are a major party in WA state, incidentally.)

    See “Will Washington (and California) Cross the Rubicon?” at southerncrown.blogspot.com.

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