To Oppose, or To Propose,

I borrow from Shakespeare's Hamlet in casting my view that the way of wisdom is to turn away from opposing the US's two party dominated system to proposing a much better two party (meritocratically) dominated system.

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Black Votes Count II!

In Black Votes Count by Frank R. Parker

There's some great nuggets on how African-Americans in the state of Mississippi leveraged third party and independent political activism to gain increased influence in Mississippi politics.

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How New Zealand may change its electoral system

This is worth seeing.

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Where Will Green-Power Go?

I speculate on whether eco-activists might decide to push for the use of Proportional Representation in "more local" elections,
as a way to spite but not spoil president Obama's reelection efforts.
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Black Votes Count!

I comment on some of the findings in this book that chronicles how the Southern states(especially Mississippi) rigged their election rules to dilute the Black vote after the passage of the 1965 Voting Rights Act.

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