Independent Voter Podcast

Independent Voter Podcast

The Independent Voter Project continues to foster conversations and exchanges with the Independent Voter Podcast. Dan Howle continues his heralded public service career with honest and open conversations with policy makers past and present. This show provides a bridge to the partisan communication gap by re-establishing civil exchange.

Episodes

  1. Steve Peace on San Diego Politics and Reforming his own California Voting Reform

    FEB 14

    Steve Peace on San Diego Politics and Reforming his own California Voting Reform

    The author of California’s Top Two Candidates Open Primary, which took effect in 2012, wants to reform his reform. Steve Peace, a founder of the Independent Voter Project, wants California to move to a system that would ask voters to rank 4 or 5 candidates instead of voting for just one. Alaska and Maine have adopted a similar Rank Choice Voting system. Peace looks through the national political lens and the local one too to discuss voter reform on this episode of Dear San Diego. Listeners also get to hear about his family life (he says he’s an Uber driver for his grandkids) and the advice he gives young people. The key moments in this episode are: 00:00:00 - Introduction to California's top two primary00:01:29 - Inception of the top two primary00:03:22 - How the top two primary works00:08:24 - Flaws in the current political system00:14:01 - Manipulation of the top two primary system00:15:26 - The Power of Campaigns Driven by Turnout00:17:27 - Political Maneuvering and Campaign Strategies00:19:23 - The Influence of Committees and Political Alliances00:22:29 - Advancing Electoral Reform: Ranked-Choice Voting00:26:29 - The Need for Continuous Electoral Reform00:31:02 - Ranked Choice Voting System00:33:21 - Nonpartisan Top Four or Top Five System00:35:17 - Reducing Campaign Costs00:41:13 - Fixing Ranked Choice Voting00:46:35 - Misjudging Willie Brown00:48:27 - Steve Peace's Personal Life00:53:30 - Motivations and Family00:55:50 - Privacy Rights and Identity01:00:17 - Childhood Influence01:03:39 - Reflection on past behavior01:05:13 - Advice for life01:05:59 - Importance of facing adversity01:07:02 - Perception of need and resilience01:08:57 - Closing remarks See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    1h 11m

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The Independent Voter Project continues to foster conversations and exchanges with the Independent Voter Podcast. Dan Howle continues his heralded public service career with honest and open conversations with policy makers past and present. This show provides a bridge to the partisan communication gap by re-establishing civil exchange.

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