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To: koan who wrote (481332)	10/12/2021 5:13:23 PM
From: TigerPaw	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 540820

We need less parties, Zero to be exact. Sure, people of common interests will band together and suggest common strategies, but what needs to be eliminated is the primary system where people are forced to be a member of one party or another or they can't vote at all. Once they pick they can only vote for candidates of that same party. This is a recipe for extremists to grab control of the all powerful party leadership. By the time of the general election all the important decisions have already been made. The primaries should be open to all candidates, no affiliation required. There should be an election and one or more runoffs until the top two candidates are left. Election day consists of the race for all positions between the top two for each position picked either by runoff or some kind of rank-choice system.. The result is that party influencers will have to run on more popular positions and deliver for their voters or they can be ousted by any majority in the next election.