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June 26, 2026

dear californians: the top-2 is not the problem

california can fix its elections with one small fix: approval voting

we don’t have to go back. we don’t need something brand new. the solution is absurdly simple: let’s follow the lead of St. Louis and just let people vote for more than one candidate in the primary. no need to change anything else.

https://eigentaylor.github.io/blog/ca-top-2/

A list of political candidates with their party affiliations, featuring checkboxes next to each name for voting purposes. Multiple boxes are checked.
this is what your ballot COULD be

most other suggestions either won’t fix the underlying issue of vote splitting, or bloat the ballot beyond usability.

the minimal change is more than good enough.

stay bodacious,

taylor

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