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California
Gubernatorial Candidate Calls for Full Representation and Instant
Runoff Voting in First Debate
At the September 3rd California recall debate, Peter
Camejo of the Green Party used his closing statement to make a clear
call for instant runoff voting and a multi-party democracy through
full representation. proportional representation). Below is his statement,
as reported by FoxReno.com Closing Statement from Peter
Camejo: We want to open up the electoral system. Look at the debate
today. Do you want to go back to the day when there are only two
people heard. If a person gets 20% of the vote, they should get 20%
of the assembly, the way it is all over the world, except in
America. We have a 200-year dysfunctional, money-dominated,
winner-take-all system. We need to have runoffs and instant runoff
voting, a system used throughout the world, so that the will of the
electorate is respected. The recall election is the perfect example.
We need to open up the electoral system, give people choices, have
more than two parties, bring the people back to power. If you really
want to change the rule of money over our political system in our
own sight and want to put it back into the hands of people, vote for
the green party, vote Camejo for Governor. |
