Matt Gonzalez has an interesting article regarding electoral reforms such as IRV.
He almost seems to imply that the Democrats could go a long way to reassuring progressives that they are serious about dealing with Greens, Kucinich-types, etc if they would merely embrace more democratic forms of voting.
And while I believe there is a difference between
the two major parties, the Democrats can't get me to keep postponing the society I
want to live in without offering an end to this 18th century voting practice. They need
to step up and commit to fundamental voting reform that will make the whole
concept of spoiling obsolete and they need to make this promise knowing that they
get four years to deliver change, otherwise they shouldn't come back telling me how
terrible the Republican candidate is.
So, to the Democrats out there: do you really want to end the spoiler problem in
American democracy? Do you have a solution other than telling me I can't vote for my
favorite candidate?
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