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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH
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To: JDN who wrote (684698)6/5/2005 12:43:38 PM
From: Peter Dierks  Read Replies (3) of 769670
 
As Buddy McKee pointed out, the rules in many jurisdictions have been skewed to make anything but a two party system nearly impossible. The example I had used earlier in this thread was New York where Republicans acceded to the wishes of Tammany Hall because it locked them in as the other party. He pointed out a SCOTUS ruling rubber stamping some laws passed to prevent fusion voting. He described "Fusion" voting as allowing parties to fuse their vote with candidates of other parties in elections in which they did not have a strong candidate. For example The Dodad Party could endorse another party's Presidential candidate.

Restrictions on our freedom are generally bad. I agree with much you said, however, the idea of government funding campaigns sounds bad to me. Campaign fiancé restrictions appear to violate free speech rights. The situation right now with 527s getting unlimited undisclosed funding may topple the current parties. I am for free speech, but not for anonymous speech determining outcomes of elections.
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