The Tampa Bay Times has this editorial, recommending that Florida switch to an open primary system, not a top-two system.
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Tampa Bay Times Editorial Says Florida Should Switch to an Open Primary System, not a Top-Two System — 5 Comments
The core of this editorial is the start of the fifth paragraph: A more gradual step would be to maintain primary elections for Republicans and Democrats…
The whole idea of a primary was to benefit voters. Voters need to see the divergence from the political center in pre-election like preliminaries, if after that the general election is going to be a plurality-winner convergence that favors the usual bipartisan establishment rot.
A primary should feature more competitive parties than the restricted number typical for a general election, otherwise it’s more convergence. Diverse yet viable candidacies/ballot options serve the voter.
An editorial about a state constitutional vote on top-two proposal should include something about the movement to get this stuff on the ballot on the governor’s desk. Turns out ridding general elections of non-major party candidacies means filtering them out in a primary that does that trick.
It’s called maintaining primary elections for Republicans and Democrats
I would prefer a Open Primary rather than the Top Two Primary such as California has. The Open Primary is not necessarily an enemy of 3rd parties or Independent candidates. On the local level, especially in northern Florida and west Florida, the Democratic party still dominate. 3rd parties and Independents Rarely does a Republican run for an office. It is these offices which 3rd parties should concentrate on. The Libertarian Party should concentrate on these areas and the local offices, and they will find over time – the next 20 years, people will become accustomed to seeing the Libertarians on the ballot and will become fearful of voting for them.
NO primaries.
ONE election.
Ballot access ONLY by equal nominating petitions.
P.R. and nonpartisan App.V.
It doesn’t matter at all whether Top Two or open primaries are used when the 100% is working together as a United Coalition.
Believe it or not, the 9th USA Parliament has been doing this for twenty consecutive years and it works fine: http://www.usparliament.org
The investor-owned electric utilities and Attorney General Pam Bondi’s office failed to make a compelling argument Tuesday for the Florida Supreme Court to block a referendum next year on expanding public access to solar power.
The core of this editorial is the start of the fifth paragraph: A more gradual step would be to maintain primary elections for Republicans and Democrats…
The whole idea of a primary was to benefit voters. Voters need to see the divergence from the political center in pre-election like preliminaries, if after that the general election is going to be a plurality-winner convergence that favors the usual bipartisan establishment rot.
A primary should feature more competitive parties than the restricted number typical for a general election, otherwise it’s more convergence. Diverse yet viable candidacies/ballot options serve the voter.
An editorial about a state constitutional vote on top-two proposal should include something about the movement to get this stuff on the ballot on the governor’s desk. Turns out ridding general elections of non-major party candidacies means filtering them out in a primary that does that trick.
It’s called maintaining primary elections for Republicans and Democrats
I would prefer a Open Primary rather than the Top Two Primary such as California has. The Open Primary is not necessarily an enemy of 3rd parties or Independent candidates. On the local level, especially in northern Florida and west Florida, the Democratic party still dominate. 3rd parties and Independents Rarely does a Republican run for an office. It is these offices which 3rd parties should concentrate on. The Libertarian Party should concentrate on these areas and the local offices, and they will find over time – the next 20 years, people will become accustomed to seeing the Libertarians on the ballot and will become fearful of voting for them.
NO primaries.
ONE election.
Ballot access ONLY by equal nominating petitions.
P.R. and nonpartisan App.V.
It doesn’t matter at all whether Top Two or open primaries are used when the 100% is working together as a United Coalition.
Believe it or not, the 9th USA Parliament has been doing this for twenty consecutive years and it works fine:
http://www.usparliament.org
The investor-owned electric utilities and Attorney General Pam Bondi’s office failed to make a compelling argument Tuesday for the Florida Supreme Court to block a referendum next year on expanding public access to solar power.