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Republican Sen. Stacey Campfield of Knoxville wants to allow candidates to be listed on the ballot as the nominee of more than one political party. Their total votes would then be added up to decide the election.
Campfield is offering his amendment to a bill designed to bring Tennessee into compliance with a federal judge's ruling last year that the state's qualification standards for minor parties are too burdensome . . .
Campfield said his proposal is based on current practices in New York. "It just allows that if a third party wants to stay on the ballot, they can," he said.
Kyle said his proposal is aimed at giving a voice to people interested in smaller parties' platforms, and not forcing them to side with Democrats or Republicans. "We shouldn't be pigeonholing people," Kyle said. "I think this is a fair and reasonable way." . . .
Proposal for Fusion Voting in Tennessee Modeled on New York System
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They ought to learn from New York's experience and consider an alternative. The truly independent parties are those that don't cross-endorse. The others end up selling out to keep their ballot lines.
I'm with Sam on this one, fusion voting just doesn't really work the way (a lot of activists think at least) it's intended in reality.
It's great in theory, but then you get parties like the Working Families Party, which essentially sell itself out so they can stay on the ballot, and become lapdog to one of the major two parties.
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