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Newspapers & Netroots Unite:
Quote... No More Dirty Tricks!... Unquote
The best and brightest quotes on the Dirty Trick Initiative from across the spectrum of opinion leadership:
"The Presidential Election Reform Act is a classic wolf in sheep’s clothing. This time the prey is fairness, our democracy, and real electoral reform."
Arianna Huffington
The Huffington Post
"Republicans would rather radically upend California’s election laws to favor themselves than change their extremist ideology that’s so out of step with the people."
Jerome Armstrong
MyDD
"They can’t get a permanent Republican majority through the strength of ideas, through developing policies that work, or by providing compelling candidates with visions for the future that a majority of Americans can support. So they resort to dirty tricks."
mcjoan
Daily Kos
"These pernicious initiatives often pass in this state because they are cleverly misleading and they are on the ballot in low turnout elections. This time it affects the whole country and it would be smart for everyone to get involved."
digby
Hullabaloo
"The fight isn’t about Republicans vs. Democrats. It is about whether to twist the nation’s system of electing presidents to give one party an unfair advantage. No principled elected official, or voter, of either party should support that."
Editorial Board
New York Times
"California shouldn't unilaterally switch methods of determining how it apportions electoral votes. Any change must be applied equally to all states. Otherwise, it's naked politics masquerading as reform."
Editorial Board
San Jose Mercury News
"A proposed change... in the way California's votes are allocated in the presidential election might have a sheen of fairness, but it is nakedly partisan and profoundly subversive of our constitutional system."
Editorial Board
Orange County Register
"Awarding California's electoral votes based on the outcome in each congressional district is unfair, harmful to democratic precepts and a blatant political power grab. Such ridiculous thinking should be abandoned."
Editorial Board
Stockton Record