Feinstein4SoS
@Feinstein4SoS
Candidate for California Secretary of State, June 5, 2018 election. Former Mayor & City Councilmember, Santa Monica, CA. Co-founder, Green Party of California.
To eliminate gerrymandering, eliminate single-winner districts, which make gerrymandering possible and profitable! Proportional representation is the solution.
"If Texas Republicans gerrymander themselves additional advantages on a congressional map they already control 25-12, the stakes will reverberate beyond South Texas," @davedaley3 writes. wapo.st/4nSMs8G
Both parties are threatening to gerrymander their way to an advantage in Congress. The Fair Representation Act would end gerrymandering wars with: 🔢 #RankedChoiceVoting 👫 Multi-member districts ✍️ New redistricting rules Learn about the #FairRepAct ⬇️ fairvote.org/press/fair-rep…
"Democrats are their own worst enemy" Dems criticize Trump as anti-democracy, but Dems often oppose political reforms that would both empower voters AND help Democrats. Dumb! Dems don't walk their talk on being pro-democracy democracysos.substack.com/p/democrats-ar…
New meeting time of 10am on a Wednesday. City Hall loves reminding everyone that it can always get worse.
Good News: Next Charter Reform Commission meeting will be in CD 10 Bad News: It will happen at…2:30pm on a Wednesday 🫠
Join me and @leedrutman for a discussion on third parties in America, and why they're so hard to start despite voters' loathing of their only two choices. youtu.be/eJtwY9e_gT0?si…
"Without a quorum, the agency [Federal Election Commission] is left really hamstrung in all of its decision-making. This just emboldens people who seek to violate the law." - Former FEC Commissioner and ECU Senior Fellow @EllenLWeintraub
"Democracy done right in NYC mayor’s race using RCV" democracysos.substack.com/p/democracy-do… #RankedChoiceVoting freed up New Yorkers to pick the candidates they really like. It allowed an upstart candidate to build coalitions and prevail. An exit poll shows all demographics liked and understood…
I've shared this @nytimes link to a strong story on "New Yorkers Embraced Ranked-Choice Voting....Here are five takeaways from New York City’s second experience with ranked choice voting" nytimes.com/2025/07/01/nyr…
You can learn more about SB 42 and the proven benefits of public campaign funding by checking out our last post at: x.com/FairRepLA/stat… - and by checking out @CACleanMoney's briefing here: yesfairelections.org/about/sb42.php
Public funding systems like matching funds & democracy vouchers empower small donors. But they're banned in most of CA! Passing #SB42 lets all communities adopt them. Help support reducing big money's influence. Go to: yesfairelections.org/petition/sb42.…
*TOMORROW MORNING*: the CA Assembly Elections Committee votes on SB 42, ending the state ban on public campaign funding (outside charter cities). Help CA take a big step toward fair elections: ✅ tell your Assemblymember to VOTE YES on SB 42: yesfairelections.org/petition/sb42.…
Elections should be won, not bought! 🗳️ Support #SB42, the California Fair Elections Act, to allow public funding of campaigns for ALL Californians. Let's amplify the voices of everyday voters and reduce the influence of big money in politics. Go to: yesfairelections.org/petition/sb42.…
For too long, we've been trapped between a false choice: VRA compliance that requires racial considerations vs. "colorblind" approaches that eliminate minority representation entirely. Time for option 3: Proportional representation. No geographic segregation required.
We now need to beat the Top Two / Jungle primary system for Governor of California in 2026 butchware4gov.com
Rank choice voting is good because it defeats lesser of two evilism. Remember that the Dem establishment opposes it bc they want to be able to coerce you into voting for the federal version of Cuomo every four years.
#SB42 joint author @BenAllenCA, author of #SB1107 that would have repealed the ban on public campaign financing if it weren't for the courts, also rose to speak: "This is really important and I'm proud to joint author. I respectfully ask for an aye vote."
As SB42 author @SenatorUmberg said on the Senate floor: "It simply puts on the California State ballot an initiative to remove the ban on cities voluntarily deciding to enact a public financing process in system." This "will empower voters to restore control local governments…
GREAT NEWS! #SB42 passed the Senate 28-10 & heads to the Assembly! SB42 will put the CA Fair Elections Act on the ballot to allow public financing of campaigns to fight Big Money anywhere in the state! Thanks to authors @SenatorUmberg @BenAllenCA @SenCervantes & @alex_lee!
In 7 states in the middle of the country, voters lost a crucial protection under the Voting Rights Act against racial discrimination. That loss is particularly harmful for the Native communities and other voters of color in these states. bit.ly/3HhtrvV
The Green Party has supported elections by proportional representation & ranked-choice voting since our founding in 1984 Here is a practical/pragmatic approach from @StevenHill1776 - tactical & strategic - to achieve these needed reforms for a more fully representative…
"The reform pathway for Pro Rep and Ranked Choice Voting". RCV lost in four states in 2024, so what is now the way forward for reform? #DemocracySOS lays out a strategy blueprint for both RCV and PR democracysos.substack.com/p/the-reform-p…
"The reform pathway for Pro Rep and Ranked Choice Voting". RCV lost in four states in 2024, so what is now the way forward for reform? #DemocracySOS lays out a strategy blueprint for both RCV and PR democracysos.substack.com/p/the-reform-p…
🚨NEW PAPER: Why are Members of Congress so extreme? We conducted a 4-wave panel of thousands of voters in 27 districts during last year’s primary AND general elections to trace polarization’s roots The results challenge conventional wisdom… and suggest lessons for parties🧵👇
🚀 Fired-up kickoff for #SB42, the CA Fair Elections Act, to make public financing of campaigns legal anywhere in California! 🔥 120+ activists & leaders from 34 cosponsors packed the room to fuel the fight for elections based on ideas, not money. 📢 Tomorrow, @CASenCaballero &…