Wojtek
> -----Original Message-----
> From: The Nation Magazine [mailto:emailnation at thenation.com]
> Sent: Thursday, October 30, 2003 4:31 PM
> To: The Nation Magazine
> Subject: Help Defeat Question 3
>
> Dear EmailNation Subscriber,
>
> On November 4, New York City is being asked to decide Question 3, a
> deceptively simple change to the city's charter that would eliminate
the
> role of political parties in nominating candidates through primaries
and
> instead adopt a "unitary ballot" listing all the people running for
each
> office, followed by a runoff for the top two vote-getters.
>
> The real question is: Should America's richest politician, Mayor
Michael
> Bloomberg, be able to buy a change that will end up enhancing the
> prospects of other wealthy or famous candidates like himself while
doing
> nothing to improve voter education, turnout, ballot access or genuine
> debate?
>
> For more on why a victory for Question 3 would be a defeat for
democracy,
> see "Bloomberg's Bad Idea," from the November 17, 2003 issue of The
> Nation.
> http://www.thenation.com/doc.mhtml?i=20031117&s=editors3
>
> The Working Families Party has put together a valuable website showing
how
> and why Question 3 so decisively benefits the wealthy and suggesting
ways
> you can help organize its defeat.
>
> To Help: http://www.TheMayorsLatestBadIdea.com
>
> And check out Nation editor Katrina vanden Heuvel's weblog Editor's
Cut to
> read a version of recent remarks by New York State Senator Eric
> Schneiderman surveying fifty years of historical research
demonstrating
> that "nonpartisan" elections favor the elite, the wealthy and the
> Republican Party.
>
> Vote No to "Nonpartisan" Elections
> Editor's Cut by Katrina vanden Heuvel
> http://www.thenation.com/edcut/index.mhtml?bid=7
>
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> Best Regards,
> Peter Rothberg, The Nation
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