Don L. Miller Says:
Candidate, House District 75
If Utah ad
opted the proportional -vote idea and discarded the winner-take-all Electoral College system, Democrats would have a reason to campaign in Utah during presidential elections. Democrats would have a chance to at least win a proportion of the Electoral College votes -- in 2004, with one-fourth of the votes, Kerry would have won one of Utah's five electoral votes.
If democrats campaigned here, the GOP couldn't afford to completely ignore Utah. Providing a reason for both parties to campaign here is a great reason for adopting the proportional voting idea, which is also inherently fair and democratic. Utah would again be involved in Presidential campaigns. What a great idea!
But GOP Party Chairman Joe Cannon, reportedly believes that with proportional voting, no presidential candidate would ever campaign in Utah. What does he think is happening now?
Don L. Miller
Candidate, House District 75
If Utah ad
opted the proportional -vote idea and discarded the winner-take-all Electoral College system, Democrats would have a reason to campaign in Utah during presidential elections. Democrats would have a chance to at least win a proportion of the Electoral College votes -- in 2004, with one-fourth of the votes, Kerry would have won one of Utah's five electoral votes.If democrats campaigned here, the GOP couldn't afford to completely ignore Utah. Providing a reason for both parties to campaign here is a great reason for adopting the proportional voting idea, which is also inherently fair and democratic. Utah would again be involved in Presidential campaigns. What a great idea!
But GOP Party Chairman Joe Cannon, reportedly believes that with proportional voting, no presidential candidate would ever campaign in Utah. What does he think is happening now?
Don L. Miller
1 comment:
I've approached several elected Utah Democrats in the past two years to encourage them to introduce or support proportional voting legislation ... so far without any introduced legislation or public declarations of support to show for it.
Here are their names:
Sen. Mike Dmitrich (D-Price)
Sen. Gene Davis (D-Salt Lake)
Rep. Ralph Becker (D-Salt Lake)
Rep. Roz McGee (D-Salt Lake)
Rep. Mark Wheatley (D-West Valley City)
Rep. Larry Wiley (D-Salt Lake)
SLC Mayor Rocky Anderson
SLCo Clerk Sherrie Swensen
Interestingly, today at the University of Utah's Impact Day, I saw both Reps. Becker and McGee, and both ignored me.
You know who did approach me today and offer to work on these electoral reforms? Rep. Greg Hughes (R-Draper).
I encourage Utah Democrats to support proportional voting. For more information about this and other electoral reforms, visit FairVote online at http://www.fairvote.org
Rob Latham, Chairman
Libertarian Party of Utah
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