The St. Louis, Misspori, Board of Elections, has Certified STL Approves’ “Proposition D for Democracy” to be on the 2020 ballot.
This comes after Organizers collected 20,000 Signatures, Twice as many as were needed to Qualify for the Ballot.
Prop D would accomplish Two important Goals for Voters:
- End Partisan Primaries and Replace them with a Top-Two Nonpartisan Primary in which All Voters vote and All Candidates compete on One Ballot.
- Institute Approval Voting, an Innovative Form of Voting where Citizens "Approve" of as many Candidates as they want. The Top-Two Vote Getters go to the General Election were the Candidates receiving the Majority of Votes will still Win, exactly as they do today.
Election Reform only makes sense if it helps People Dismantle Barriers and create a Better Future together.
STL Approves, is doing just that. Perhaps that’s why 72% of St. Louisans Polled: Republican, Democrat, and Independent, and a Growing Number of Community Leaders Support it.
THE QUESTION WILL READ:
Shall the City of St. Louis adopt an ordinance to:
- establish an open, non-partisan system for elections to the offices of Mayor, Comptroller, President of the Board of Aldermen, and Alderman
- enable voters to choose all the candidates they wish in the open, non-partisan primary
- allow the top two candidates to then compete in a runoff during the general election?
But under Court Decisions, this can Not be called an Open Primary. An Open Primary allows a Registered Voter to Vote in any Party Primary regardless of there Party Affiliation. Court says Top-Two is Not an Open Primary.
NYC Wins When Everyone Can Vote! Michael H. Drucker
1 comment:
The St. Louis measure is not a "top-twp" primary. Instead it is a very common method of holding non-partisan elections, all over the country. It is a system that is hundreds of years old. And it should not be called a "top-two" system. The phrase "top-two" was invented by the Washington state press in 2004, and it means a system in which party labels are on the ballot, yet parties don't have nominees.
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