Lt. Governor Abel Maldonado appeared on the Colbert Report, a popular news show on Comedy Central, to discuss Proposition 14 in California tonight. Prop 14 is referred to as the “Top Two Primary” because only the top two vote getters move on to the general election ballot.…
Posts published in “Proposition 14”
Colbert Report Features Proposition 14
By Trent Hill on April 29, 2010 8:07 AM
The popular nightly comedy-news show The Colbert Report, hosted by Stephen Colbert, will host California’s Lieutenant Governor Abel Maldonado as a guest tonight, April 29th, 2010.…
GreenChange: The Top Five Reasons for CA To Vote Against Prop 14
By Dave Schwab on April 28, 2010 12:52 PM
Over at GreenChange.org IPR author Dave Schwab has written about the top five reasons why Californians should vote against the Top Two Primary measure on the ballot in November.…
Republican Party of California Actively Works Against Prop 14
By Trent Hill on April 23, 2010 10:22 AM
Both the Republican Party and Democratic Party organizations have come out in opposition to Proposition 14, the Top Two Initiative in California. However, many top politicians in both parties have endorsed the measure.…
Riverside County, California Republican Party Posts Independent Political Report Editorial on Prop. 14
By IPR Contributor on April 22, 2010 2:34 PM
The Republican Party of Riverside County, California, has posted Independent Political Report’s Proposition 14 editorial on the party’s website. See the Republican Party’s blog here:
The editorial, originally posted at https://independentpoliticalreport.com/2010/03/editorial-ipr-opposes-proposition-14-in-california/…
Green Party National co-chair Feinstein debates “Top Two” primary in California
By IPR Contributor on April 18, 2010 9:19 PM
http://www.greenpartywatch.org/2010/04/18/national-co-chair-feinstein-debates-top-two-primary/
Video posted by Gregg Jocoy at Green Party Watch:
H/T to Richard Winger…
Sacramento Bee runs piece by Libertarian candidate for Secretary of State Christina Tobin
By Ross Levin on April 11, 2010 12:23 PM
Election activist and Libertarian candidate for Secretary of State in California Christina Tobin has had an anti-Proposition 14 (for top two primaries) piece run in the Sacramento Bee:
Kresky misstates Nader’s position since many independents and minor parties are rightfully against Proposition 14.
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California: Socialist/Peace and Freedom Party Candidate for Governor Opposes Prop 14
By on April 10, 2010 3:08 PM
Posted at http://thirdpartydaily.blogspot.com/
From the Philly IMC, on Stewart Alexander, Socialist and PFP candidate for governor:
The official summary of Proposition 14 to appear on the California ballot was prepared by California Attorney General Jerry Brown, the proposition was sponsored by California Lieutenant Governor Able Maldonado and co-sponsored by two Democratic senators, Lou Correa of Santa Ana and Lois Wolk of Stockton; however, PFP Governor Candidate Stewart Alexander says “Proposition 14 is undemocratic and may limit voter choices to one party.”…
Editorial: IPR Opposes Proposition 14 in California
By Trent Hill on March 30, 2010 2:52 PM
Slowly, painfully, the movement to improve ballot access for minor parties and independent candidates has been winning. States in which ballot access is significantly better than it was in 1980 are Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Jersey, Ohio, Oregon, Rhode Island, South Dakota, West Virginia, and Wyoming, and also the District of Columbia.…