--- Araucaria Araucana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > But sneaking approval in this way doesn't solve the more general > problem of eliminating the primary. I *do* want to eliminate the > primary, since it is merely an artifact of plurality/SVFPP.
The primary is not "merely an artifact of plurality/SVFPP." More fundamentally, it is the mechanism for the party to choose a single candidate. It is not reasonable to force a party not to choose an official candidate. Is this what you want? For example, do you think you should have been able to vote for McCain as well as Bush in 2000? Having both run as republicans in the real election would not be in the interests of the republican party or of either McCain or Bush. Even if the election method doesn't have the the vote splitting problem, there is still the problem of splitting public recognition of the party's candidate, and of splitting the party's campaign funding base. Perhaps there was something specific about the primary that you want eliminated, but every party has to be able to choose a candidate. Anthony Send instant messages to your online friends http://au.messenger.yahoo.com ---- Election-methods mailing list - see http://electorama.com/em for list info
