On July 5, the Arizona deadline for submitting initiative petitions, proponents of the top-two open primary filed 365,486 signatures.
The requirement is 259,213 signatures. The measure will have enough valid signatures if 71% or more of the signatures are valid.
We have to thank the efforts in Arizona and here in New York at IndependentVoting.org.
On the eve of Arizona's Open Elections, Open Government Coalition achieved over the minimum signature requirement to get a top two nonpartisan election initiative on the ballot, the Arizona League of Women Voters prepared a "Pro/Con Report" on the initiative to their executive board in preparation for a vote on whether or not to endorse. The report was largely a "con" statement and the League voted to oppose the initiative. Independentvoting.org Director of National Organizing Nancy Ross and lead counsel Harry Kresky and Ted Downing of Arizonans for a Top Two Primary responded to the report in an Open Letter to the League.
Use the above link to read the letter.
NYC Wins When Everyone Can Vote!
Michael H. Drucker
Technorati Tag in Del.icio.us 
No comments:
Post a Comment