[geeks] California Proposition 14

[Phil Stracchino]

On 06/05/10 15:16, gsm at mendelson.com wrote:
> On the positive side it will prevent a candiate who has no chance of getting
> elected from drawing away votes from the other candidates. 
> 
> The result of that has been that many people complianed that they did not
> vote for the elected official, whom they did not want.

This won't fix that.

> IMHO, voting for
> a canditate that had no chance of getting elected was a vote down the toilet.

Well, hell, why not limit it to one candidate per office?  That way,
EVERYONE has the opportunity to know their vote will count!  And if we
pass a law requiring *everyone* to vote, then every office will be
filled by someone who received 100% of the possible vote!  EVERYONE will
be happy!

Oh, wait ... I have a sneaking feeling that's been done before.  It
didn't seem like it worked out so well.


> Personally, I liked the original US presidential election. The winner became
> president, the first runner up became vice president.

Yes, and I still think we should go back to that.


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