Comments on: How to elect moderates http://donklephant.com/2006/07/25/how-to-elect-moderates/ Big Teeth. Huge Ass. Surprisingly Reasonable. Mon, 13 Oct 2008 11:53:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Sean Aqui http://donklephant.com/2006/07/25/how-to-elect-moderates/#comment-56305 Sean Aqui Thu, 27 Jul 2006 01:07:12 +0000 http://donklephant.com/2006/07/25/how-to-elect-moderates/#comment-56305 Wow, reader_iam. Thanks. I'm blushing! Richard: You're right about ballot access. But ballot access alone won't accomplish much. More important, in my opinion, is IRV -- which would make voting for a third-party candidate something more than an act of faith or protest. Wow, reader_iam. Thanks. I’m blushing!

Richard: You’re right about ballot access. But ballot access alone won’t accomplish much. More important, in my opinion, is IRV — which would make voting for a third-party candidate something more than an act of faith or protest.

]]> By: Stacey Dycus, Ben Westlund for Governor http://donklephant.com/2006/07/25/how-to-elect-moderates/#comment-56300 Stacey Dycus, Ben Westlund for Governor Wed, 26 Jul 2006 23:35:12 +0000 http://donklephant.com/2006/07/25/how-to-elect-moderates/#comment-56300 Good point Richard. Because of a new law in Oregon it is more difficult for an independent to qualify for the ballot. Ben Westlund, a former R who is running as an I for Governor, has to gather 2-3 times the necessary signatures. It's more expensive but we're doing it though! We need 18,368, we started turning 36,000 signatures into counties this week. From here we have to navigate a cumbersome process. But its worth doing. Westlund's campaign is tapping into dissatisfied I's, R's and D's became everyone knows that extreme partisan politicsisis keeping us from solving real problems. He says its time to put ideas before ideologyand people before politics. A centrist independent can win in Oregon where 25% of voters aren't ina major party. Helping credible centrist candidates like Westlund in '06 is the way to jump start the movement for '08. Good point Richard. Because of a new law in Oregon it is more difficult for an independent to qualify for the ballot. Ben Westlund, a former R who is running as an I for Governor, has to gather 2-3 times the necessary signatures. It’s more expensive but we’re doing it though! We need 18,368, we started turning 36,000 signatures into counties this week. From here we have to navigate a cumbersome process.

But its worth doing. Westlund’s campaign is tapping into dissatisfied I’s, R’s and D’s became everyone knows that extreme partisan politicsisis keeping us from solving real problems. He says its time to put ideas before ideologyand people before politics.

A centrist independent can win in Oregon where 25% of voters aren’t ina major party. Helping credible centrist candidates like Westlund in ‘06 is the way to jump start the movement for ‘08.

]]> By: reader_iam http://donklephant.com/2006/07/25/how-to-elect-moderates/#comment-56281 reader_iam Wed, 26 Jul 2006 18:58:50 +0000 http://donklephant.com/2006/07/25/how-to-elect-moderates/#comment-56281 Great and useful post. <a href="http://vernondent.blogspot.com/2006/07/practical-moderation.html" rel="nofollow">My response.</a> Great and useful post. My response.

]]> By: Richard Winger http://donklephant.com/2006/07/25/how-to-elect-moderates/#comment-56235 Richard Winger Wed, 26 Jul 2006 15:14:03 +0000 http://donklephant.com/2006/07/25/how-to-elect-moderates/#comment-56235 Next time you write a version of this article, please include ballot access reform. There are 14 states with ballot access lawsuits (based on the U.S. or state constitutions) pending. This is an active field of activism and it deserves to be included in your article. Next time you write a version of this article, please include ballot access reform. There are 14 states with ballot access lawsuits (based on the U.S. or state constitutions) pending. This is an active field of activism and it deserves to be included in your article.

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