I probably will be skimming over that one fairly quickly tomorrow night, because I've been pretty well convinced that it will hinder more than help, in terms of achieving real electoral reform; if parties exercise discipline in only letting one candidate on the primary ballot, this reduces the voice of the rank-and-file party members; and if not, we'll eventually see a spoiler scenario, which will lead to backlash against the idea of electoral reform, since it will be hard to get across to the average voter that not all changes from the "default" of Plurality are created equal.
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NO on Prop 62
I probably will be skimming over that one fairly quickly tomorrow night, because I've been pretty well convinced that it will hinder more than help, in terms of achieving real electoral reform; if parties exercise discipline in only letting one candidate on the primary ballot, this reduces the voice of the rank-and-file party members; and if not, we'll eventually see a spoiler scenario, which will lead to backlash against the idea of electoral reform, since it will be hard to get across to the average voter that not all changes from the "default" of Plurality are created equal.
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In which I ask you to give money, and spread the word.
Donation Link! Mapping Inequality: Digitizing our Redlining History As most people who would bother to read this probably know, in the past few…
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November 3, 2020 General Election
I read widely -- among California papers, I subscribe to the LATimes, SM Daily Journal, SJ Mercury, Sacramento Bee... Possibly some more I'm…
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Onineko Nisshoku, ~7/1/2018 - 10/10/2020
Nisshoku was born in a household with a cat hoarding problem. We have photos of him visiting our yard from as early as October of last year…
