1. Why do they consider GoodSpaceGuy an oddity?

2. Even more EGO freak candidates now in top 2 regimes than in USA Prez NOV elections ???

   Will the top 2 Sen persons get a combined 30 (repeat 30) pct of the votes ??? Stay tuned.

   NO primaries.

   PR and AppV

3. Are there any provisions for third-party or independent candidates eliminated in a top-two primary (WA or CA) to get on the general election ballot by gathering signatures on petitions?

4. How many separate and UNEQUAL methods/schemes [aka spider web flow charts] to get on general election ballots ???

   Caucus schemes
   Primary schemes
   Convention schemes
   Petition schemes
   Filing fee schemes ???
   Other schemes ???

5. Lee, the answer to your question is “No.” No one can be on the November ballot in California or Washington unless that person comes in first or second in the primary.

   In 2020, when the California primary will be in March (not June) for all office, the top-two system will be unconstitutional for that reason. The US Supreme Court in Anderson v Celebrezze and in some other cases of summary affirmance has said that there must be some method onto the general election ballot with a filing deadline later than spring of the election year. Yet in California, no routes to the November ballot will be available to people unless they file in December of the year before the election.

6. Here in Calif., there are 32 candidates for U.S. Senator on the June 3rd primary ballot. It seems that this wonderful “Top Two” just seems to bring out crowds of candidates for top offices.

7. Thanks, Richard, for clarifying this. Did you see the LA Times article advocating FairVote’s proposal for a “top-four” primary and ranked-choice voting in the general election? It would seem to resolve the major failures of top-two while retaining some of its benefits.

   http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-gumbel-open-primary-20180518-story.html

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