LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Dear Editor,Every election the good-government types come out of the woodwork and suggest another election "reform" idea they claim will "open" the system to more candidates and voters.
This proposition would throw all candidates and voters into one primary. Candidates would not be required to declare a party affiliation. Political parties would be shut out of the candidate selection process.
After the primary, the top two vote getters would compete in the general election. Candidates from one party or no party at all could dominate the primary. Traditional party loyalists would have no choice.
This is what people who dreamed up proposition 121 intend. They want so-called independents to dominate the process. Then they can promote their own agenda that they can't advance in the traditional party process.
Voters should reject Proposition 121 and expose the "reformers" for what they are - disappointed partisans out to manipulate the system.
Sincerely
Mary Ann Baunoch
1 comment:
America has a tradition of great election reforms that made sense. Women voting, elimination of poll taxes, the voting age being dropped to 18 from 21 are all examples of elections being opened up to better represent people.
Prop 121 is exactly like the election system used in 90 out of 91 towns and cities in Arizona today and has been in place for decades.
Maybe the traditional party loyalists should give way to letting ALL voters be able to vote in ALL elections. Otherwise, you are just defending the current status quo system that is in place today.
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