What might be the biggest political issue of the next two years is - voting. Fair voting. Instant Runoff voting. The elimination of the crooked Diebold electronic voting machines and bringing in the use of open-source honest machines. And it is not just Diebold that has crooked machines. Others do also and they need to be thrown out.

Check out the new website link at the top of this page or the bottom of this post - to Fair Voting. If we value democracy - if we actually each value it - then we will each of us spend some time, money and energy to help change our present dysfunctional voting system into one that helps us to actually elect the people we want to run our governments and represent us.

Let us change spoiler candidates into positive choices without negative results. Let us not waste our votes on candidates we know cannot win but who most closely represent our values. Let us allow a new candidate have a chance without risking letting some scroundrel into office because we wasted our vote. Let us diminish the role that money and incumbency plays in each election. Hmmm - lets improve on the process for making democracy work.

Instant Runoff Voting is on the ballot in Tacoma. North Carolina just voted it in and it will be used statewide. It is not weird - it make real sense. Whether conservative or liberal, it works. The only ones who do not like it are the two big political parties and the big money interests. Dah. Check it out. Learn how it works. Tell others about it. And be ready to support it when the time comes.