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The San Francisco Chronicle is bankrupt, firing reporters, and still a friend of special interests--is this why it is no longer a serious part of the media?
Now the Chron has decided that in San Francisco, in partisan races, the GOP should be taken off the November ballot, along with the Green and Peace and Freedom parties.
In fact, they want to make sure only the rich, special interests have their candidates on the General Election ballot.
"The current system, in which the winner from each party's primary is awarded a spot on the November general election ballot, has significant downsides. In districts weighted heavily toward one party or the other - in other words, the vast majority of legislative and congressional districts in this state - races are effectively settled in the primary. Thus, members of the minority party in that particular jurisdiction don't get a chance to participate in the election that determines who will represent them in Sacramento or Washington. The decline-to-state voters who don't expressly request a partisan primary ballot are similarly shut out of the process."
The Chronicle thinks this is not bad enough--they want to guarantee no chance parties other than the Democrats be represented on the November ballot. Decline to State registrants can now vote in ANT Democrat or Republican primary--except the GOP presidential ballot. What more does the bankrupt newspaper want--a one party system guaranteed.
Would you trust a newspaper who promotes Cuban style elections? Did Fidel write this editorial?
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Now the Chron has decided that in San Francisco, in partisan races, the GOP should be taken off the November ballot, along with the Green and Peace and Freedom parties.
In fact, they want to make sure only the rich, special interests have their candidates on the General Election ballot.
"The current system, in which the winner from each party's primary is awarded a spot on the November general election ballot, has significant downsides. In districts weighted heavily toward one party or the other - in other words, the vast majority of legislative and congressional districts in this state - races are effectively settled in the primary. Thus, members of the minority party in that particular jurisdiction don't get a chance to participate in the election that determines who will represent them in Sacramento or Washington. The decline-to-state voters who don't expressly request a partisan primary ballot are similarly shut out of the process."
The Chronicle thinks this is not bad enough--they want to guarantee no chance parties other than the Democrats be represented on the November ballot. Decline to State registrants can now vote in ANT Democrat or Republican primary--except the GOP presidential ballot. What more does the bankrupt newspaper want--a one party system guaranteed.
Would you trust a newspaper who promotes Cuban style elections? Did Fidel write this editorial?
More...