The RCV NYC Mayoral Primary was Anything but Nice
I find myself researching various claims proponents of Rank Choice Voting (RCV) stand behind and my digging doesn’t match their rhetoric. A comment that […]
Month: June 2026
Dear Orange County MAGA: Democratic Socialists Aren’t Communists. But Your Party Sure Isn’t Conservative Anymore.
There must be something in the water at the Orange County Republican Party headquarters. Or maybe it’s the fumes from all those red hats. Because […]
Nixon Would Be Blushing: J.D. Vance’s Watergate Revisionism Doesn’t Age Well
History is getting a software update. Speaking at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library in Yorba Linda, Vice President J.D. Vance suggested that Richard Nixon’s reputation […]
Court Orders Surf City to Use RCV
For years, Huntington Beach’s conservative majority has insisted that the city’s at-large election system was just fine. Now a Superior Court judge has ruled […]
Ranked Choice Voting in Irvine Fails for Lack of a Second
For months, Ranked Choice Voting advocates in Irvine have been behaving like victory was inevitable. The sales pitch was simple: Ranked Choice Voting would save […]
Voice of OC’s Norberto Santana Honored by Institute for Non-Profit News
As I read the New York Times this morning (ahhh, the smell of newsprint), I noticed a familiar name in an ad on the backpage […]
Ranked Choice Voting’s Biggest Sell Is Also Its Biggest Myth
Counting Ballots If you listen to advocates of Ranked Choice Voting (RCV), you’d think it was the electoral equivalent of a miracle cure. Campaigns will […]
CA-40 Election Reveals Influencer Social Media Posts Lacking Disclosure
The June primary is over and most of the races have been called. Now its time to pick up those lawn signs, settle the books […]
An election update fromTustin Council member Lee Fink
Since my office is in Old Town Tustin, I run into council member Lee Fink often. I came across his election updates on Facebook and […]