This state’s election election offers less suspense than the Chinese vote for a new Politburo Standing Committee.
Question: What would Californians have lost if we had cancelled this November’s electionOur fall elections have become unnecessary at best. No exaggeration — this California election offers less suspense than the recent Chinese vote for a new Politburo Standing Committee, overseen by dictator Xi Jinping.
Some Californians care about local races, including in counties that may replace sheriffs who have abused their power. But solving the real problem — the excessive power of sheriff’s offices — will require state constitutional reform. We could stop voting to confirm or retain judges’ appointments. There’s no evidence that elected judges are better than appointed ones.
Or Californians could stop pretending that our elections are non-partisan. Instead of wading through ballots full of political candidates about whom we know very little, we could choose party lists. That’s how it’s done in much of the democratic world. In Sweden, whose elections I covered in September, you don’t select individuals — you just choose the party you prefer, and submit its list of candidates.
That means the Swiss vote on only a handful measures at a time. Each referendum and each initiative gets plenty of media attention and public scrutiny.
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