Finally, somebody is trying to do something about our horrible uncompetitive first-past-the-post voting system. Mark Frohnmayer, co-founder of GarageGames, is trying to get 87,213 signatures to get a measure on a ballot in Oregon to change the voting system to an approval primary. This would be like the non-partisan primaries in California, except approval voting would be used to get the top two candidates. That means the two best candidates would be facing off in the general instead of the two that survived the vote spitting process.
If you live in Oregon, or have relatives that live in Oregon, make sure you and your friends sign this petition and vote for this initiative when it is on the ballot. You can find out more information here . Also, make sure you like it on facebook .
This is the most pragmatic solution to first-past-the-post voting system and extra competition will make sure the politicians are held accountable. Also, Oregon voters will be able to vote their conscience without being punished for it with the worst candidate winning.