Updates

It is not simply a matter of big money in politics. There is big money in all of American life. The more pervasive problem is that we now have self-interested political institutions — the parties — that are considered “too big to fail.” Are we supposed to protect them and their refusal to share power with the people at all costs?

Move On, MoveOn!
June 1, 2010

On May 2, 2010 MoveOn.org launched its “most important campaign ever,” an effort to “end the stranglehold that big corporations and lobbyists have on our government.” MoveOn.org seeks nothing less than to “fix our democracy and put We the People back in charge.”

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Why Independents are Right and Ralph Nader is Wrong about Proposition 14
May 30, 2010

I was disappointed to see that my friend and colleague, Ralph Nader, recently spoke out against Proposition 14, the California ballot initiative that proposes to reform the electoral process in America’s most populous state. If passed, Prop 14 would allow all voters, whether affiliated with a party or not...

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Words Matter: Voters to Get Fair Wording of California Open Primary Initiative
May 18, 2010

The battle over the wording of CA prop 14 — sometimes called the top two or open primary initiative — likely ended yesterday with a ruling by a California Court of Appeals upholding the lower court’s refusal to alter the language that will appear ...

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California’s Top Two Primary System Opens the Door
February 21, 2010

Last week the California Supreme Court refused to issue an injunction blocking the implementation of Proposition 14 in several upcoming special elections. The measure, which won 54% of the vote in a referendum last...

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