[lbo-talk] Prop. 62 Would Squelch Third Parties in California

Bill Bartlett billbartlett at dodo.com.au
Fri Oct 22 19:01:14 PDT 2004


At 7:17 PM -0400 22/10/04, Yoshie Furuhashi wrote:


>The worst aspect of Proposition 62 is that it confines the
>general-election ballot to only two candidates. Californians would
>have fewer choices on their November ballots for Congress than the
>voters of any other state. The 700,000 members of minor parties
>would virtually never have anyone from their own party to vote for
>in November.

The worst aspect is that voters would have to turn out to vote twice, when once would be sufficient. Simply by numbering the candidates in order of preference and using a simple preferential system to tally the result, voters could be spared the necessity of turning up twice for a single election.

Bill Bartlett Bracknell Tas



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