Once upon a time, Hollywood cinematographers, disenchanted with black-and-white movies, embraced color film to more faithfully represent what they saw through the lenses of their cameras. Now Hollywood has taken an equally innovative step to represent the preferences of those who make the movies.
Virginia's Democratic gubernatorial primary
made all sorts of national news last month. The more typical stories
equated former Democratic National Committee chairman Terry McAuliffe's
defeat with the end of the Clinton era. Yet, despite the abundance of
coverage, one significant detail has been left out of the generally
agreed upon "story" about Virginia's recent gubernatorial primary --
the losing candidates received more votes than the winner.
California faces a crater-size, $24 billion deficit - and we're about to throw away millions more on three elections we don't need. But here's the good news: If we adopt Instant Runoff Voting, or IRV, for special elections, we can save that amount and more.
With IRV, taxpayers could save nearly $2 million July 14 (fittingly, Bastille Day).
This year, California state and local governments will spend close to $10 million on at least three elections we do not need. That makes no sense amidst California’s and our nation’s brutal recession.
Madison Nguyen shouldn't be the only one breathing a sigh a relief.
When San Jose District 7 voters rejected a recall of the city councilwoman Tuesday, they spared the entire city the cost of holding two additional special elections.
