The Daily News of Longview, Washington, has this column in its June 15 edition. Written by Don Jenkins, it criticizes Washington state election law for allowing candidates to put any party label they wish on the ballot. The column says some candidates who plainly are really Republicans or Democrats are choosing other labels that disguise their true partisan leanings. Thanks to Krist Novoselic for the link.
What, is he afraid well-meaning Democratic voters will accidentally vote for a Republican?
Sure, when the name “Republican” is a negative in a district, candidates shun it. But voters, when presented with a known-good (or even a “known-not-evil”) tend to pick it over an unknown. (First person to mention SC gets a PPP poll showing 4% name recognition for both candidates shoved in their face.)
You know what would be better? A one-page policy document from each candidate, available at the polling place. The problem isn’t that candidates can express their “preference” in 16 characters, it’s that candidates can express their preference in ONLY 16 characters.
What if “salmon yoga” was really my partisan leaning? ( / sarcasm)
Richard: Prop. 14 gives California candidates the option of listing a party preference next to their names on the ballot.
If a candidate who is registered with a party chooses to list a party on the ballot, is he required to list the party with which he’s registered?
Also: What percentage of California’s eligible voters voted on June 8?
#3 Yes.
8002.5. “(a) A candidate for a voter-nominated office may indicate his or her party preference, or lack of party preference, as disclosed upon the candidate’s most recent statement of registration, upon his or her declaration of candidacy. …
A candidate for voter-nominated office may also choose not to have the party preference disclosed upon the candidate’s most recent affidavit of registration indicated upon the ballot.”
This is the consolidation phase in the ineluctible transition for a one-party system.
“Top-two” is just a cover name for an evil f a s c i s t – s o c i a l i s t takeover of the electoral system in an attempt to recreate a socviet styled election system in the US.
“Top-two” creates a one party state.
“Top-two” is evil.
Eventually, this state sponsored, single party system will eliminate all choice in elections, with the only allowed single party and the only allowed single primary excluding all points of view that deviate from the those of the state.