http://www.freeandequal.org/2010/06/christina-tobin-issues-statement-on-passage-of-proposition-14-in-california/ A Free and Equal Elections Foundation Project Sat, 28 Jan 2012 04:30:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 http://www.freeandequal.org/2010/06/christina-tobin-issues-statement-on-passage-of-proposition-14-in-california/comment-page-1/#comment-2963 Amonite Thu, 19 Aug 2010 00:34:05 +0000 http://www.freeandequal.org/?p=2225#comment-2963 This system sounds like it has a lot more freedom than the top two! I am in Washington where we just had our primary, and the system is horrible. In some races we had only one option, some 10+, but it seemed like the results would be the same no matter what I voted for and that I was not actually going to be represented- as even though there were many good candidates to pick from, the 'top two' were always going to be the top republican/democrat career politicians. With a ranking system, at the very least it would have given a more accurate picture of the candidates people truly supported, as in a top two a lot of times people vote for the one that is 'most likely to beat' the opposing candidate come the general election, or vote for the one they have heard the most about/polls best so as not to split the election results. In a couple races I did not want to vote for any of the given choices, so had to do some digging and put in write-ins - I did not realize I would not have that option come the general election. This system sounds like it has a lot more freedom than the top two! I am in Washington where we just had our primary, and the system is horrible. In some races we had only one option, some 10+, but it seemed like the results would be the same no matter what I voted for and that I was not actually going to be represented- as even though there were many good candidates to pick from, the ‘top two’ were always going to be the top republican/democrat career politicians. With a ranking system, at the very least it would have given a more accurate picture of the candidates people truly supported, as in a top two a lot of times people vote for the one that is ‘most likely to beat’ the opposing candidate come the general election, or vote for the one they have heard the most about/polls best so as not to split the election results. In a couple races I did not want to vote for any of the given choices, so had to do some digging and put in write-ins – I did not realize I would not have that option come the general election.

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]]> http://www.freeandequal.org/2010/06/christina-tobin-issues-statement-on-passage-of-proposition-14-in-california/comment-page-1/#comment-1346 Christina Tobin issues statement on passage of Proposition 14 in California « Christina Tobin For Secretary of State Fri, 18 Jun 2010 02:25:48 +0000 http://www.freeandequal.org/?p=2225#comment-1346 [...] This statement was released by The Free & Equal Elections Foundation: [...] [...] This statement was released by The Free & Equal Elections Foundation: [...]

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