On May 29, U.S. District Court Judge Jon D. Levy refused to issue an injunction that would permit the Maine Republican Party to avoid using Ranked Choice Voting. Here is the 20-page order in Maine Republican Party v Dunlap, 1:18cv-179.
On May 29, U.S. District Court Judge Jon D. Levy refused to issue an injunction that would permit the Maine Republican Party to avoid using Ranked Choice Voting. Here is the 20-page order in Maine Republican Party v Dunlap, 1:18cv-179.
One more JUNK opinion having the now standard JUNK SCOTUS cases — going back to 1968 Wiliams v Rhodes.
ALL or SOME PUBLIC Electors nominate PUBLIC candidates for PUBLIC offices via PUBLIC laws.
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NO primaries.
PR and AppV
Dude, primaries aren’t public elections. They’re private, state-funded, elections for private clubs (aka political parties). The solution? Force parties to fund their own primaries if they want to have them.
The only reason the state should have a say in the method of primary is because state funds are being used to fund said election. If you get rid of state funds for primaries, then the parties should be able to do whatever they want, but they then have to pay for it themselves.
Dude — see the 2 Texas White Primary cases about 1930 and later primary cases in SCOTUS — having the 14th and 15th Amdts apply to them–
aka STATE ACTION = party hacks in primaries — part of the *election process*.
The FairVote group has established a one-party system in Maine, like the same one-party system in SF and Oakland.
FairVote, BAN and CoFOE are proud of the one-party system and they have directed the national Libertarian Party to ignore win if 52.7% by the Ogle campaign in 2012. Despite winning the only state LP primary of MO, the censorious party bosses made sure the Ogle campaign and the team players for unity got no equal time to the announced choice who himself claimed to be the “answer to the two-party system”.
No teamwork under pure proportional representation is acceptable to the pluralist psychology so the winning way cannot be known to them since the equal treatment had been viciously blocked.
Now their struggle is only between bad choices in Maine.
Because the United Coalition didn’t do a good enough job we must try harder.
1941
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Classic
PRIMARIES
VERY GOOD LUCK IN GETTING CLASSIC OVER-RULED
1944 – WHILE FIGHTING THE RACIST AXIS POWERS IN WW II
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smith_v._Allwright
PRIMARIES
VERY GOOD LUCK IN GETTING ALLWRIGHT OVER-RULED
@DR,
Primaries in Texas were (are) conducted by the political parties (or party) under state law. Voter qualification for the primary was the same as for the general election. Dates, runoffs, etc., were set by the legislature. If a party did not conduct their primary, their nominees would not be placed on the general election ballot.
If there was no party qualification, candidates would qualify as individuals. Nobody is going to check whether the candidate with his clipboard only approached certain individuals to sign his petition.
Let’s say that Governor Snyder were to say, “Demo Rep, I’ve been reading your comments, and they make a lot of sense. How do we reform the legislature?”
Bicameral or unicameral?
Parliamentary system, or separate executive?
Number of legislators?
Full time or part time?
Length of terms, term limits?
When would elections be held?
Election method?
Guv Snyder is 1 more corporare doofuss GOP hack MORON — see the DEAD in the Flint Water chaos —
waiting for him and his gangster staff hacks to be indicted for manslaughter at least.
unicameral
separate executive
Number of legislators – odd — how many factions in a larger State ???
Full time – each State is a Nation-State
Length of terms – 1 yr legis/exec, 1-6 yrs judic – no limits
When would elections be held? – June
Election method? — one guess — PR and AppV — pending Condorcet
How large of an executive? What offices would be elected?
According to the cube root rule, Michigan should have a 215-member legislature. OK?
Would legislators be paid? Could they earn other income? How many days a year would they be in Lansing (or wherever the capital is)? How large a staff.
What system of PR?
State — Elect Guv/Lt Guv., AG, SOS, Judic Dist DAs and sheriffs
Total Members — Voters can perhaps write in number- pick average
Since full time – be paid — again – Voters can perhaps write in $ number- pick average
Full time = full time — esp to watch Exec branch
Now about 10,000,000 folks in Mich — Pop / Members ratio affects meeting times length
— and staffs — times for population problems with exec/judic officers – ie law enforcement.
[Layers of Fed/State/Local BAD stuff involved in Flint poison water mess]
Basic PR = Party Members = Party Votes x Total Members / Total Votes
TOTAL Separation of Powers — none of the now FATAL Loopholes — esp used by dictator exec types.
ALL of the larger pop States should be divided to reduce EMPIRE thinking / arrogance.
Please, no talk of neither single-winner elections nor AppV. Appv is not pure proportional representation.
No “Party Members” which implies party list system which is no good because party bosses are biased.
Hagenbach-Bischoff Quota
Total number of votes / total at-large seats (plus one seat) = Hagnebach-Bischoff Quota
Any candidates reaching quote (plus one vote) is elected
Calibrate quota up or down (within 1/10,000th accuracy) until all seats are elected and filled.
Why do you need a Lieutenant Governor, or elected AG and SOS?
Would there be counties, townships, cities, school districts, special districts?
How would the universities be governed?
What does this mean;
“Now about 10,000,000 folks in Mich — Pop / Members ratio affects meeting times length”
Who would run for legislative office if it were a full time position, and it meant a reduction in their private economy income?
Median or mean average, for salary and number of legislators?
Closed lists? Statewide elections for legislature? How do parties determine lists?
Who would divide the States? Should the United States be divided?
I have limited time for writing constitutions.
PR legislative bodies will fix all major govt problems.
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Why do you need an elected Lieutenant Governor, or AG and SOS (and Judic Dist DAs and Sheriffs) ?
TO watch for Guv tyrant wannabee monarchs
— THE obvious problem in world history
— full of killer/enslaver monarchs (with their oligarch gangsters)
— as if WW I and WW II were not enough examples.
Closed lists? NO
Statewide elections for legislature? NO — Party candidates vote sum — in Basic PR above.
How do parties determine lists? NO party lists. Voter nominating petitions or filing fees, as now.
JO –
ONE Guv, ONE Mayor, etc. — in ONE person offices