[Sosfbay-discuss] Fair Elections Act

[Wes Rolley]

Palm Haven Handyman wrote:
> Wes,
>
> Please dumb it down for me.  Should I be supporting this thing or agin it?
>
> I favor electoral reform.
My "dumb it down" is really that the devil is in the details and that we 
should have gone through the details before jumping in and supporting 
this. However, endorsing the meeting is OK if we think that there will 
be substantive discussion.

So, here is the crux of the matter.

1. This is not a truly fair-to-all-parties proposition.  It favors 
larger parties. 
2.  The Green Party should be considered to be on the cusp.  Maybe this 
is a tipping point for us. The results could help / hinder the Green 
Party depending on how well we can organize and execute a real plan to 
elect a Secretary of State in 2014.  The goal would be to get 20K people 
to contribute $5 for a Green Party Candidate.
3.  If you don't think that we are ready for the big time, then you 
should be "agin it". 
4.  If you think that favoring larger parties is patently unfair, then 
that is another reason to be "agin it."

So... it the Green Party a "larger party"? Can we get 20K Greens to 
donate $5?

Can we get a credible candidate to run for Secretary of State in the 
next two elections?

In the 2006 election, we had good candidate.  In fact, Forrest Hill 
presented the best plan for re-apportionment / revising the state 
legislature that has yet been put forward for ANY party.  It was simple, 
easy to understand, and it would have worked. 

If we can't get a constitutional convention passed, then Hill's plan 
should be revived.

Wes


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"Anytime you have an opportunity to make things better and you don't, then you are wasting your time on this Earth" Roberto Clemente

Wes Rolley
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