According to an article at Ballot Access News yesterday, the California Senate Elections Committee unanimously passed AB 1413, which makes several changes to the “top-two” system.
Among the changes is getting rid of the write-in space in elections for Congress and state office. Under Top Two (prop 14), those votes would not be counted.
Nevada, Hawaii, South Dakota and Oklahoma have never had write-in votes, and Louisiana did but no longer does.
Florida and Ohio got rid of write-in spaces in the past, but had them restored by the courts.
The bill also makes some other changes to the top two system, including requiring all candidates to list a party preference (according to Jim Riley in BAN comments).
“Boycott Ds and Rs … Re: California Open Primary on Tuesday June 5th, 2012
Sunday, June 3, 2012 9:33 AM
From:
“David L Wetzell”
[email protected]…
In November, I plan to vote strategically against the influence of $peach from super-pacs as evidenced by negative advertisements in the last month of the election made possible by the terrible Citizens United ruling.
Since I put my hopes in American forms of Proportional Representation and the proliferation of LTPs who specialize in contesting “more local” elections for real change in our country, I am able to be pragmatic when it comes to voting in first-past-the-post “less local” elections.
We must play the game that is, not the game that ought to be
with the goal of changing the rules of the game,
as they historically have been more open to change in the US, in our state legislative systems!
This is why states have long been “the laboratories of our democracy”.
This is far more important than to rally around any presidential candidate. ——- dlw”
[Lake: and remember, a lot of 21st century voters enfranchise ‘early and by mail’. On the Westcoast, over 50% of Californians do not step in side of their local voting booth on election day!]
ah, the wisdom of Sacramento!
any one for [nonsense ‘Whole Language Program’ replacing Phonics in the 1980s] ??????????
*run fast, run far*