http://www.policyreport.net/2009/07/the-california-state-assembly-needs-more-members/ California Public Policy Debate and Analysis Fri, 12 Mar 2010 03:42:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://www.policyreport.net/2009/07/the-california-state-assembly-needs-more-members/comment-page-1/#comment-277 mmunson Fri, 31 Jul 2009 07:10:15 +0000 http://www.policyreport.net/?p=3464#comment-277 There is a better idea. We can use cumulative voting in California. Each state senate district would have 3 nested assembly members, this allows for more diverse opinions. People would have 3 votes and they could give their candidate all 3 votes, or give 1 vote for each of the top 3 candidates. Maybe we could have a rule where if you get 20% or better you can win 1 of the 3 seats, so we could see Greens in San Fransisco, Libertarians in San Diego and moderate Republicans in Burbank just as well as moderate Democrats in Fresno too. There is a better idea. We can use cumulative voting in California. Each state senate district would have 3 nested assembly members, this allows for more diverse opinions. People would have 3 votes and they could give their candidate all 3 votes, or give 1 vote for each of the top 3 candidates. Maybe we could have a rule where if you get 20% or better you can win 1 of the 3 seats, so we could see Greens in San Fransisco, Libertarians in San Diego and moderate Republicans in Burbank just as well as moderate Democrats in Fresno too.

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