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Vote third party
The Ithica Journal
14 November 2007
Senator Feinstein, one of our fearless lay-down-ocrats, has voted for the nomination of Bush's latest Dr. Death saying she didn't think he should be denied the nomination “on this one thing.” “This one thing,” of course, being torture.
She and all the other senators who voted for Mukasey should be water boarded along with their families. Then tell me what a small point this is.
If, by now, you haven't arrived at the fact that the Democrats and Republicans are working for the same big business I doubt you ever will. Once again, clearly illustrated: The vote of dissension (third party) is the only vote against torture and exploitation.
Third parties are the fastest growing parties in the United States. The revolution is here, it is growing and, of course, it will not be televised. Don't vote “viable”; vote your conscience.
Joe Lonsky
Genoa
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Primary election determines who the
next representative will be
12 November 2007
TC Palm, Palm Beach FL
In this age of politicians using redistricting to build safe districts and ensure jobs for life, it is important to realize that the election that determines who the next representative is going to be is the primary election of the party that controls the district.
The general election is merely a formality.
To deny independents and adherents of the minority party the right to vote in this critical election is to deny them the right to vote, period.
The party primary is the means by which party leaders prevent candidates who don’t toe the party line from getting elected.
The purpose is to eliminate choices. This does not serve the interests of the majority of the people because the parties represent the opposite extremes, whereas the majority tend to fall somewhere in the middle.
For this disservice, we actually allow the parties to use our election equipment for free, a gift worth tens of millions of dollars.
They are not arms of the government and don’t deserve government subsidies in any form.
A better way would be to make all offices non-partisan and use the ranked-choice ballot and instant-runoff voting to choose the winner.
You don’t know what that is? This is not surprising, as the parties control the government, and the government controls the schools, and the schools don’t teach the science of voting in social studies classes.
Wayne Shepard
Stuart
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Yes on Referendum 2E
4 November 2007
Dear Editor:
You can count on me to be one of the many voters giving a big yes to Referendum 2E on Tuesday. Referendum E will mean that our city officials need to win with a majority of 50 percent plus one, not 45 percent of the vote. It also means that we will replace two rounds of voting with one instant runoff election.
I'm expecting Referendum E to get a big yes vote. My brother in-law lives in Takoma Park, Md., where they voted 84 percent for instant runoff voting, and an exit poll in its first election found that an even higher percentage people liking it after voting with it.
One of the things I like about instant runoff voting is that it frees you to vote without worrying about splitting the vote -- you can vote exactly the way you want to vote without someone suggesting your first choice is a spoiler. For the curious, you can find out more at www.instantrunoff.com and www.fairvote.org
Hilary Stunda
Aspen