I ask, cause he seems to constant have his nose of Monsewer Seidenberg’s ass?

Response : Cody – Actually I would disagree with Mark ” The Rodent ” Seidenberg on the above as I must specify that such candidates be REAL AIPer’s from our honest side as compared to any candidate associated with the corruption of Robinson, Seidenberg, Noonan, Hoefling, and Keyes; all of whom will be discussed at the soon ( within the next few days ) opening website of TheCorruptionOfAlanKeyes.org. To that end the REAL/honest side of the AIP will be running many candidates in the upcoming elections for offices throughout the state including Chelene Nightingale who will be our candidate for Governor and who I was privileged to hear announce her candidacy at Camp Vigilance on the 4th. We will not only be fighting to save the state and the nation but to save the AIP from the corruption of Mark Seidenberg and his fellow liars. No AIP candidate for office will knowingly associate themselves with the corruption of Robinson, et. al. as to do so can only mean that they endorse the corruption of these cowards and liars. Jerry Denham will indeed be running in the special election. I was out gathering signatures for him today. He is a member of the REAL AIP.

Don Grundmann Vice-Chairman American Independent Party, California branch of the Constitution Party

Current at-large city council elections in California are not proportional. In fact, the at-large plurality election format you refer to is one of the few electoral methods that is actually worse than single-seat plurality. The problem is that a plurality (less than half) of voters can elect the entire council, just by sticking together and voting for the same slate. How large that plurality needs to be depends on the number of other candidates and the distribution of other votes — in other words, it has nothing to do with the percentage of the community that the slate represents.

For proportional representation in non-partisan elections, we need ranked choice voting (aka single transferable vote).

I have been on your web-site and love the ideas.

Most of the cities I have lived in have in place right now a form of proportional representation. In the last city election the top 4 vote getters won city council seats. The number 4 winning candidate won with 13% of the vote. Heck, if you cannot get 13% you should not win.

I will be happy to work for a proporition if one ever gets started.

If you’re really serious about that, you will not be standing in front of Safeway trying to collect signatures to change the state legislature now. Instead, you will be (1) working to get PR adopted in the city or town where you live, and (2) working to get the Repair California constitutional convention proposal on the ballot. PR is a marathon, not a sprint.

http://www.tradingmarkets.com/.site/news/Stock%20News/2404839/
http://www.kcbs.com/Date-Set-For-Special-Election/4735212

Don’t waste time and energy trying to get 5% in a Congressional race. Go for the big prize of PR. Once the corrupt dam of single member districts is broken there will be a flood of new elected voices.

Let’s get it on the ballot folks.

What do ‘war heroes’ ‘Puke’ Cunningham and ‘Kiddie Porn King’ Sanders have in common? They are both long term felony prisoners ……….

In this particular case, the odds are overwhelming that no one will get as much as 50% on September 8. Several prominent Democrats are running, including Lieutenant Governor John Garamendi.