1. Ranked-Choice Voting (RCV): How It Works & Why It Matters

How it works:

Voters rank candidates in order of preference (1st choice, 2nd choice, etc.).

If no candidate wins a majority of first-choice votes, the candidate with the fewest votes is eliminated.

Votes for eliminated candidates are redistributed to the next-ranked choice.

The process continues until one candidate earns a majority.

Why it’s beneficial:

Ensures winners have majority support

Eliminates the “spoiler effect”

Encourages more civil, issue-focused campaigns

Allows voters to vote for who they prefer, not just against someone

Expands meaningful voter choice beyond two parties

Ranked-choice voting should be used for all partisan statewide offices.

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2. Ending the Top-Two Primary System

California’s Top-Two Primary system has:

Reduced voter choice in general elections

Shut out minor parties and independent candidates

Increased polarization rather than reduced it

Produced general elections with limited or redundant options

I support ending the Top-Two system and replacing it with election methods that encourage competition, participation, and representative outcomes.

3. Proportional Representation for Congress (and Replacing Proposition 50)

California’s current congressional system combines single-member districts, winner-take-all outcomes, and punitive accountability mechanisms that distort representation.

I support replacing the existing structure with four 13-member congressional districts, elected through proportional representation, in place of Proposition 50.

How this system would work:

California would be divided into four large multi-member districts

Voters would cast ballots for parties or candidates

Seats would be allocated proportionally based on vote share

A party earning roughly 25% of the vote would earn roughly 25% of the seats

Why this is a better alternative to Proposition 50:

Accountability is built into representation, not enforced through political punishment

Fewer “safe seats” and less incentive for corruption or complacency

Meaningful voter choice replaces symbolic disciplinary measures

Transparency comes from competitive, representative elections—not suspension tactics

This approach strengthens democracy by changing incentives, not by weaponizing ethics rules.

4. Expanding the California State Assembly

California has one of the highest population-to-representative ratios in the nation.

I support:

Expanding the Assembly to 91 members

Creating seven 13-member Assembly districts

Electing members through proportional representation

This would:

Improve constituent access

Reduce gerrymandering incentives

Produce a legislature that better reflects California’s electorate

5. Public financing of campaigns. 

Let's get special interest money out of politics!

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