The Gotham Gazette has my op-ed arguing that the New York Campaign Finance Commission ought not to make ballot access more difficult in New York.
UPDATE: here is another op-ed in the Buffalo News.
The Gotham Gazette has my op-ed arguing that the New York Campaign Finance Commission ought not to make ballot access more difficult in New York.
UPDATE: here is another op-ed in the Buffalo News.
Yo Richard! Good on ya!
ANTI-Democracy minority rule gerrymanders ALL the time in Gotham City — with or without Batman, Joker, etc.
IE – the know-it-all media is BRAIN DEAD about 3rd grade gerrymander math.
1/2 or less votes x 1/2 rigged gerrymander areas = 1/4 or less CONTROL
= de facto monarch / few oligarchs REALLY making laws — for special interest LOOT the treasury gangs.
It shows in the now bankrupt debt regimes in the USA — esp USA, all/most States and all/many older near econ dead urban areas.
The 1929-1933 political/econ crash will seem trivial versus what is coming.
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PR and AppV and TOTSOP
The reference to the Joker and Batman really made me take this seriously. The random numbers and conclusory statements really helped too.
How many pro-ballot access and anti-gerrymander cases has MV won to save Democracy in the USA ???
For folks who passed 3rd grade fractional math —
2019-2020 USA GOVT MINORITY RULE GERRYMANDER MATH, 7 MAY 2019 V2
GERRYMANDER LOWLITES MINI SUMMARY —
A. 30.3 PERCENT OF THE VOTERS ELECTED 218 D USA REPS OF 435 TOTAL IN 2018.
B. 19.2 PERCENT OF THE VOTERS ELECTED 50 R USA SENATORS OF 100 TOTAL IN 2014-2018 [plus R VP]
C. 25.7 PERCENT OF THE VOTERS ELECTED R PREZ TRUMP IN 2016 – 270 of 538 ECV – 28 STATES + MECD2.
Even standard math challenged lawyers seem to detect SOME fractional math —
get 3/10 plus [30 plus percent] of damages [PLUS expenses] in tort cases [IF they win for injured clients] – for as little actual work as possible.
See local ambulance chaser TV lawyer ads – esp in larger pop metro areas —
about 5 such LARGE lawyer gangs in my local metro area – about 2-4 ads per hour – new cute[dumb] and cuter[dumber] ads each month.
For the SUPER-clueless-
this BAN list is the result of LOTS of useless MORON lawyers TOTALLY failing to get SCOTUS since 1789 / 1868 to require 14-1 EQUAL ballot access tests for INDIVIDUAL candidates and end 4-4 and 14-1 EPC gerrymanders.
Too many rotted law skooools to count — producing the super too many MORON so-called lawyers in such ballot access and gerrymander cases.
RESULT- the now very short road to USA Civil WAR II.
It is incorrect that the constitution would have to be amended to eliminate fusion, or at least the more corrupt aspects as practiced in New York.
New York does not have to have to have exclusionary partisan nomination at all. They could switch to Top 2 or the Open Primary as used in Louisiana.
Or New York could eliminate the party columns/rows on its ballots and switch to an office block format as used in most of the US. Multiple nominations could be listed next to the candidate’s name. The candidate might choose the order of the parties that had nominated them.
New York could require nomination by primary and eliminate convention designation. Candidates would qualify by petition, and OTB would not be an option, but required practice. If party registrants were signing the petition, there is no need for Wilson-Pakula authorization by party bosses. Winning candidates might need to reach a threshold (1 or 2%) to qualify for a general election ballot.
New York could use a blanket primary ballot where a party could designate whether cross-over ballots were counted for nomination. Independent candidates could also appear on such a ballot.
NOOO primaries, caucuses and conventions paid for by govts.
EQUAL ballot access ONLY via nom pets – that SCOTUS infamous *modicum of support*.
good job Richard