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4 independent presidential candidates have filed paperwork to appear on ballot in Wisconsin
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You've got it exactly right here. The big key is that this critical "core change" only happens at the local level. RCV has to be implemented in countywide and statewide election systems, proving that it works, before any third party can hope to effect change and pressure for RCV and reforms at a national House/Senate/President level.
People like OP who bitch and moan about not wanting the two party system and wanting a (wasted) third party in a high profile race like POTUS simultaneously refuse to notice or care that all that change has to start BELOW. You can't just keep your head in the sand for 4 years, then pop up to vote for Jill Stein and expect everything to be hunky dory. You have to be on the beat for every office, even ones as low as ward representatives for your city, trying to support and promote candidates who want to implement RCV and 3rd party independence. Targeting the big race with a no-name candidate is a waste of resources, and always has been.
I have supported the green party in my state for a while. Through ballet initiatives and access, to local elections. What makes you think I just pop and vote just in Pres elections?
I've been voting for longer than you have been alive, comrade.
And always will be as long as people like you belittle people who are trying to make a change. I'm voting Green Party, as is my right, and I'm proud of it.
I've made donations, I've volunteered for my local Green party, I have my bumper stickers and even my Green Party shirt, friend. And I'll keep working for what I believe in. Even if you're upset that it's not YOUR candidate.