Elections Reform (California)
I still need to do research on this issue, and get more feedback in order to lay out a feasible plan, but here are a few of my ideas off the top of my head.
• Minimally have 50%+1 for winning elections with one of the following voting systems (ranked from most understood to most advanced)
• Open Primaries and run-off elections
• Instant run-off voting
• Approved Voting
• Score Voting (like they do in the olympics)
• Create the option of having a No $ campaign with public financing
• Non-partisan commission for certification of election results
• Ensure right to vote for everyone or minimally a advisory vote
• Popular vote for state initiatives should not change the constitution with just 50%+1 Make a new process for changing the constitution, at least 66%.
• Equal petition signatories for all candidates = no requirement to pay money unless government can prove they have a lot of money and it isn’t difficult to pay.
• Free airtime on the public air waves and media for all candidates. Require media to cover all candidates involved in a race, not just the two most popular one. What place does the media have to pre-decide who the best candidates are before people even know about all of them.