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    Will you support a measure to bring instant-runoff voting into the electoral process in order to increase third party participation in government while at the same time avoiding the so-called third party "spoiler" scenario, thus advancing the democratic process as a whole in the United States?

    Asked by: Caleb Brown from Los Angeles, CA. Received 22 Votes.
    Categories: Money & Politics. Tags: democracy · Election · Spoiler · Third Party · Two Party System.
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    Listen to: U.S. Rep. Rob Bishop (R-UT)

    One of the problems you have if your goals is democracy is usually runoffs, the history of runoffs, is they produce less people voting in a runoff elections than we’re voting in a regular election. So that people have won runoffs getting fewer votes than they had coming second in a regular election.  So if your goal is actually expanding the so called democratic process, runoff elections both in the United States and France have not demonstrated they actually do that. You got to come up with a better way than that.

    Answered on Aug 7th, 2008 More

  • Question:

    The Florida legislature, the RNC and the DNC have effectively blocked 10 million Florida voters from having a voice in the 2008 presidential primary. What are you doing to restore voting rights to these 10 million Floridians?

    Asked by: Mike Pryslak from Miami, FL. Received 12 Votes.
    Categories: Campaign 2008. Tags: democracy · florida primary · stolen election · voting rights.
    Answer:

    Listen to: U.S. Rep. Kendrick Meek (D-FL)

    I think once it becomes evident in mid-February of who the nominee is going to be. I think that nominee, she or he, will resolve the Florida issue, the Michigan issue, everyone who has issues right now will be resolved in my opinion.

    Answered on Jan 16th, 2008 More

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