>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