To the editor: Wish to alienate youthful voters? Then by all means, scrap the jungle main and return to a system the place the final election is settled months forward of time (“Politician behind ‘top two’ primary has second thoughts,” June 22).
Main reform is actually value pursuing. Ranked-choice and approval voting might each assist voters choose their most well-liked candidates with out participating in a strategic dance. Nonetheless, abolishing the jungle main altogether serves nobody’s pursuits — besides possibly the GOP’s. If Republicans are struggling to keep away from lockouts as a consequence of their unpopular platform, that seems like an issue for the get together, not the voters.
In such a deep blue state, our agnostic main isn’t a quirk. It’s a necessity. The highest-two system presents voters a real alternative in November quite than a coronation for an institution Democrat.
Reform the jungle main. Don’t kill it.
Walden Corcoran, Valley Glen
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To the editor: Whereas it’s good that Abel Maldonado has belatedly acknowledged that his top-two main is a failure, he has disqualified himself from ever making proposals on elections procedures ever once more. Thus, we must always ignore his “options” or we might be confronted with a “idiot me as soon as, disgrace on you; idiot me twice, disgrace on me” state of affairs.
There are a whole lot of different choices, all with their very own issues. They embody going again to the previous system, ranked alternative (in a number of types), the previous system with a majority requirement, altering time period limits and extra. We will spend the following century bouncing from one to a different and can by no means attain the fantasy land of all pragmatic and commonsense workplace holders.
The principle purpose must be honest, sincere and open elections with robust citizen participation, not making a fantasy authorities.
Keith Value, Los Angeles
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To the editor: George Skelton’s column is true on track, however the clear answer to the first points is obligatory ranked-choice voting (a la Australia). It offers everyone a voice, the extremists don’t rise to the highest and civic engagement will increase. And we save the prices of the primaries.
Annette Mercer, Los Angeles
