On August 27, Fairvote and the Center for Competitive Democracy filed this amicus curiae brief in Rubin v Padilla, the California case which argues that the top-two system unconstitutionally restricts voter choice in general elections for Congress and partisan state office.
The SCOTUS has no business giving the States guidance as to the conduct of federal elections.
IMHO the SCOTUS has a duty to give all voters an equal voice under the equal protection language of the 14th Amendment. The top-two primary system prevents citizens from forming political parties capable of competing with the bipartisan two-party monopoly. States rights has no relevance to the issue presented by Rubin v Padilla. A top-four primary system could even help establish equal protection under the law for all voters. Top-four would help end unequal protection for the bipartisan two-party monopoly. I hope the top-two primary is voted to be unconstitutional.
How many top 2 folks are Stalin and Hitler clones —
i.e. plurality extremists ??? —
with one of them winning in the CA pack/crack gerrymander districts.
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NO primaries.
P.R. and nonpartisan App.V.