Backers of a top-two system in Florida say they have gathered 800,000 signatures on their initiative for a top-two system in Florida. See this story.
Backers of a top-two system in Florida say they have gathered 800,000 signatures on their initiative for a top-two system in Florida. See this story.
Brain ROT gets worse — SUPER-WRONG *reforms*.
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NO primaries.
PR and AppV and TOTSOP
Sure, this will work with the past three states before, while the predominantly (including all the states, except maybe Maine federally) American voters unfortunately still believe in the spoiler effect and party loyalism have nothing make this consequential than beneficial?
In gerrymander districts having 2 DD or 2 RR —
there are more NON-votes —
so the CONTROL is near 25 pct –
1/2 or less votes x 1/2 rigged gerrymander areas = 1/4 or less CONTROL.
The mass media is quite full of math MORONS – who can barely detect Winners and Losers
— in the various FATAL gerrymander systems–
USA H Reps, Senate, EC
ALL houses of ALL State legis
very many local larger govts – legis bodies.
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PR and AppV and TOTSOP
Top Two Tyranny, coming to the Sunshine State soon.
Top One is so much more efficient!
How about top ZERO for the flippant ZERO politics IQ folks on this list ???
Florida initiatives need 60% in order to pass. No top-two measure has ever got as much as 60%, and only two of them (Washington 2008 and California 2010) passed. Top-two has been overwhelmingly defeated at the polls in Arizona, Oregon (twice), and South Dakota. It also lost in California in 2004.
There are two petitions, one for congressional elections and one for state and legislative elections. This is required by Florida’s initiative procedure, since two separate sections of the constitution are impacted.
There would need to be enacting legislation, and the measures will take effect in 2024.
The amendment provides that parties could “nominate” candidadtes; and “endorse and support” candidates in a manner provided by law; and for candidates to have their party affiliation appear on the ballot as provided by law.
This uses “nominate” and “endorse” in the opposite way that I have understood it, since endorsement would be regulated.
Conceivably, the law could permit fusion endorsement.
No doubt the ballot segregationists will oppose freedom.
With 96 representatives elected in Open Primary states, there may be a movement to change the antiquated federal law.
Congress could designate Top 2 Open Primary Election day in September, and permit election of representatives and senators by majority vote, if the primary is open to all candidates and voters. Federal primaries that are exclusionary would be barred from that date. States could include other offices if they are open to all voters. Congress could also require majority election for November elections.
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ANY USA election reform is DEAD for the moment —
due to the RED communist minority rule control of the USA H Reps
and the fascist minority rule control of the USA Senate
— along with the 9 SCOTUS math morons in Dumb City.