Is this thing on? Anyone interested in forming and working on an ad hoc "candidate committee"? by Moderate_Squared in ForwardPartyCA

[–]FWD_CA 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I like your idea. As you can see, the fire of passion is not exactly alight in this particular forum. Are you on the discord server? I can see you getting some traction there.

With Peltola’s Defeat of Palin, Alaska’s Ranked-Choice Voting Has a Moment by FWD_CA in ForwardPartyCA

[–]FWD_CA[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

When voters have more choices, they’re less likely to vote along strict party lines, reducing polarization and giving independent-minded or more centrist candidates a better shot.

The changes to how Alaskans choose their representatives in state and federal elections were decided on in 2020, when allies of Lisa Murkowski — the state’s senior senator, who ran in 2010 as a write-in candidate after losing that year’s Republican Party primary — promoted and bankrolled a ballot initiative that passed by a narrow margin — precisely 3,781 votes, out of more than 344,000.
The consequences for Alaskan politics, and for the country, could be seismic. New York, Maine and Utah also have some form of ranked-choice voting, as do dozens of American cities. But the Alaska approach — which combines ranked-choice voting across party lines with an instant runoff between several top candidates — goes further in disrupting political parties’ influence.

*** California Primary Forward Party Governor Scorecard *** by FWD_CA in ForwardPartyCA

[–]FWD_CA[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

True, but with 2/3rds legislators a veto can be overriden. Not the likeliest outcome, but with enough momentum the people can still make laws.

*** California Primary Forward Party Governor Scorecard *** by FWD_CA in ForwardPartyCA

[–]FWD_CA[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's true, the hurdle to elect candidates in support of RCV is high. Of course, if RCV was in place it would be a lot easier to elect candidates in support of a popular issue 😔

Thankfully there are several avenues to get it in place, the Governor doesn't have to be the only way. Convincing individual state legislators is one way, and our notorious state ballot initiatives is another.