The New York legislature recently enacted a bill setting up a Commission to study public funding for statewide state office. The bill says that the Commission’s plan must be released by December 1. Then, if the legislature does nothing by December 23, the plan has the force of law. The identical bills, S1509c and A2009c, were signed on April 12.
The Commission has also been empowered to eliminate fusion, if it chooses to. So if the commission recommends abolishing fusion, and the legislature does not take action against the Commission’s ideas, then fusion will be abolished. See this story.
One more blatant UN-constitutional machination —
trying to give legislative POWER to a hack commission.
par for the course in RED NY.
See the infamous Hitler enabling act in 1933 – tyranny 1933-1945 in Germany.
Ranked Choice Voting would ensure a place for small parties on the ballot.
Not necessarily, Victoria Alexander. You would also need to have a fair standard of ballot access. Which New York does not. If electoral fusion was eliminated, then most minor parties which currently have statewide ballot access would likely lose it.
I afraid they may butcher public funding. Past proposals have been written to give greater funding to those that got a great number of votes. So incumbents would always receive the most money. But we will see.
Love to see them recommend getting rid of fusion. Fusion voting is used and abused by people in backroom deals and unethical campaigning.
It dilutes the voice of political parties my watering down what the really stand for.