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Steve Garvey's strange win is a loss for California election reform. Here's the solution
08 Mar 2024 18:45 GMT
The Dodgers don’t usually get any intentional help from their archrivals, the Giants. But something that strange just happened in California’s primary: Former Dodgers great and current Republican U.S. Senate candidate Steve Garvey advanced to the general …
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‘Top two’ primary strikes out as a useful election reform
08 Mar 2024 15:06 GMT
SACRAMENTO – If you think debates about tinkering with election rules are vicious, then you need to turn your attention to the endless battles between baseball’s traditionalists and reformers. The former treat America’s pastime as something almost sacred – …
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Kent Thiry Pushes for Election Reform With Unite America
06 Mar 2024 16:29 GMT
… spending millions to push election reform ballot measures state by … consultant who specializes in election reform. She’s also part … Representative Adam Schiff (D-California) is spending money to … Thiry began pushing their election reform measure, Colorado’s …
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JASON SNEAD: Election Reform Is A Marathon, Not A Sprint
24 Feb 2024 16:57 GMT
… Report that outlines key election reforms, boasting popular support … push measures such as California-style jungle primaries that … tailored, preemptive approach to election reform, states can thwart leftwing … both now and later. Election reform is a marathon, …
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Dear San Diego Podcast: Steve Peace On San Diego Politics and California Voting Reform
17 Feb 2024 04:22 GMT
Dear San Diego
You won’t find too many political people as smart as Steve Peace, but what really makes him interesting is his life as a grandfather (an Uber driver to his grandchildren is how he describes it), husband, and father. A former California …
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Ranil’s reticence, Basil’s broken base, Harsha’s Hotel California and Eran’s fire-and-fury
22 Mar 2024 02:29 GMT
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“…Fulfilling the California dream…the basic principles of … an ‘abolition’ amendment and electoral reform/re-delimitation-- and … to make Sri Lanka, California”?
In this birth …
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Opinion: How California-style primary reform can begin to fix what's broken in Washington
01 Mar 2024 11:28 GMT
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Nonpartisan primaries like the one California holds Tuesday are a rare … us. But they’re not. California is now one of four … isn’t a panacea. But California and others have shown it … fund that invests in nonpartisan election reform.
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Taking a closer look at electoral reform in Rhode Island
19 Dec 2023 14:16 GMT
PROVIDENCE — Is it time for electoral reform in Rhode Island?
A special … general election matchup last year. California and Washington use this method … will be the year for election reform in Rhode Island. Neither House …
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New Jersey introduced a smart voting reform—then let it lapse
07 Dec 2023 21:55 GMT
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The covid-19 pandemic changed a lot of things. For some states, this included voting. Four states (California, Nevada, New …
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Sandra Day O’Connor’s unfinished legacy of judicial election reform
04 Dec 2023 20:13 GMT
Dec 4 (Reuters) - For all the late Justice Sandra Day O’Connor’s trailblazing accomplishments, one piece of her legacy remains incomplete: reforming judicial elections.
As is, our system for electing state and local judges often comes down to who raises …