Can't City Council/Mayoral elections be held on the regular election day if AP goes partisan? And then we might actually see turnout for local races that exceeds 10%?
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "rook782" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > No, if anything, parties are loosing power. The rise of the > independent candidates will continue to grow. I'd say in about > twenty years the Republican and Democratic parties will be gone. > > I think Asbury Park is actually ahead of the rest in this area, keep > it non-partisan. > > There is a city who had the same problem with too many candidates and > developed a way to elect the most preferred top five candidates out > of a field of many running. It might have been San Francisco. I'll > try and find something on it later. > > And lastly, about weeding out nuts. Your point is not without > debate. I think we'd all agree many nuts get elected in the two > party system currently in place. > > > --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "justifiedright" > <justifiedright@> wrote: > > > What do you folks think of having AP go to a party-system of > > election, rather than non-partisan. There would be primaries to > > weed out the nuts. > > > Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AsburyPark/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AsburyPark/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/