The New Mexico Independent - Latest Comments in Excluding Carol Miller

Re: Excluding Carol Miller

ChrisDudley — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 01:26:00 -0000

Viability seems, at first, a rational bar for any third party candidate. But who decides viability, right? If she pulled 17 percent in the mid 90s then she might be considered viable by some independent arguments.

As long as media organizations are allowed to use the public commons, the airwaves, the cables, the roads, essentially free of charge they will do as they please. The question in this is who owns the medium, the corporation, whose interest is money, or Americans, whose interest should be a full vetting of all ideas and candidates.

KOB-TV is just doing what any financially interested party would do, toss out the one most likely not to win so as to curry favor with the eventual winner, whichever of the other two that is.

Instant runoff helps. Unfortunately, until elections are fully funded by taxpayers and the press is forced to give free, and reasonably long, slots to candidates we will have corporate money decisions ruling our public discourse.

Re: Excluding Carol Miller

Thomas_James — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 17:51:23 -0000

Alright Jeeter, I am convinced. Sign me up. Lets start a movement at least here in NM to get this done!

Re: Excluding Carol Miller

Jeeter — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 14:37:18 -0000

Third party candidates will never be able to get traction without something like Instant Runoff voting.

Democrats and Republicans may be interested in supporting the ideas and candidacies of 3rd parties, but they won't water down their party's sure possibility of election unless their second-choice vote will count.

Other countries have this reasonable election system. We should, too.
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