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To: AuH2ORepublican; BillyBoy; fieldmarshaldj; randita

You may recall I was waaaaaay against the new system in Cali (and LA switching back to the jungle primary) but I hate it less now. Our candidates were helped by not having votes lost to 3rd parties and I really like the mathematic simplicity of the results. Plus it saved Gary Miller’s A$$, got rid of Pete Stark and almost saw Waxman lose his seat to an independent.

It’s still unconstitutional though and could easily screw us in the future.


31 posted on 06/05/2013 9:21:07 PM PDT by Impy (All in favor of Harry Reid meeting Mr. Mayhem?)
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To: Impy
>> You may recall I was waaaaaay against the new system in Cali (and LA switching back to the jungle primary) but I hate it less now. Our candidates were helped by not having votes lost to 3rd parties and I really like the mathematic simplicity of the results. Plus it saved Gary Miller’s A$$, got rid of Pete Stark and almost saw Waxman lose his seat to an independent. It’s still unconstitutional though and could easily screw us in the future. <<

Yeah, it seems to have backfired on the RATs in the short term. I loved when Stark lost to another commie RAT he had been redistricted in with. If it wasn't for Obama winning re-election in 2012 and lousy GOP candidates, we might have actually gained more congressional seats in California under the new system.

I wish the RATs were foolish enough to have their Orwellian "Popular Vote Compact" go into effect whenever an individual state ratifies it, instead of a majority of states (which would put California "in play" for us during Presidential elections, since they voted to cast their electoral votes for whoever wins the popular vote nationally), but fortunately for the RATs they're not that stupid.

Have you heard Illinois has changed its system of electing Governors/Lt. Governors? It seems to be another change for the worse that nobody talked about until after it passed. Under the new system, the Governor & Lt. Governor candidates will run together as tickets in the primaries so you have to choose your Governor candidate's choice for Lt. Governor. I liked the old system better where voters could pick whoever they wanted for Lt. Governor in the primary, whether or not he supports the person they want for Governor. The change limits voters choices, IMO. Also, some foolish Republican state legislators want to abolish the Lt. Governor's office alltogether saying it "costs too much money" (why they don't abolish dozens of other cushy appointed jobs in Illinois government that cost taxpayers $$$ but serve NO purpose is beyond me.... it would be like saying let's get rid of the Vice Presidency but keep all of Obama's unelected Czars)

32 posted on 06/06/2013 12:27:04 AM PDT by BillyBoy ( Impeach Obama? Yes We Can!)
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