On October 21, WMNF radio in Tampa, Florida, held a debate on the Florida top-two initiative measure. Speaking in support was Dr. Omar H. Ali of North Carolina, who is a prominent spokesperson for IndependentVoting. IndependentVoting, headquartered in New York city, promotes top-two measures around the nation.

Speaking in opposition was Dan Meek of Oregon. During the 47-minute debate, Ali said that a top-four system would be just as good. This comes at approximately the 32-minute mark. Listen to the debate using this link. WMNF is a member-sponsored non-commercial FM radio station, in existence since 1979. The debate itself lasted 24 minutes, and the remainder of the time involved both debaters responding to phoned-in questions.

Ali’s acceptance of top-four parallels the August 19, 2015 statement by former California State Senator Steve Peace, who said to a public meeting on that day that he now favors top-four over top-two. Peace wrote the California top-two law.

If you listen to the debate, clicking on the link first lets you hear approximately five minutes of music and non-related talk, but then the debate starts.

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The week that started on October 19 has been significant already for presidential campaign news, with Joe Biden’s announcement on October 21 that he won’t run, and Jim Webb’s withdrawal from the Democratic race a few days before that.