This article was originally posted at IndyBay.org on April 10, 2012.
Rubin v. Bowen: Third-Party Challenge to Unconstitutional Prop 14
by Felipe Messina (info [at] mediaroots.org)
Tuesday Apr 10th, 2012 3:18 AM
Yesterday, KPFA Radio’s The Morning Mix spoke with representatives from California’s third-parties about their legal challenge to Proposition 14, Rubin v. Bowen, which created the new statewide ‘Top Two’ electoral system. Under this system, the rigged de facto two-party system has now been virtually codified in California. Given the obscene amounts of corporate funding expended by the pro-1% Democrat and Republican parties, third-party voters are, essentially, disenfranchised under this clearly unconstitutional legislation.
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