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The 2019 Women’s Legislative Briefing drew a record-breaking 700 activists intent on “Igniting and Achieving Change.” The Montgomery County Commission for Women, along with a multitude of co-sponsors, including the Woman’s Democratic Club, has organized this nonpartisan, issue-oriented conference since 1980, when 200 women showed up.
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A large field of candidates should signal a healthy, vibrant democracy. But too often, crowded contests give way to vote-splitting, fears of wasted votes and ultimately, winners without majority support--a problem many Montgomery County voters experienced firsthand in the 2018 local elections, when 38 candidates, including 33 Democrats, vied for 4 at-large seats on the County Council.
Fortunately, a remedy for the many ailments of our winner-take-all system exists: ranked choice voting. It’s easy, effective, and proven to work, evidenced by its widespread use and success in cities nationwide, in Maine, at leading colleges and universities, and even The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for Oscar nominees and the Best Picture winner.
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Clarence Page, Pulitzer Page winning journalist and syndicated columnist for the “Chicago Tribune”, wanted to become a journalist “so I could be where the action is, where things happen.” He has lots of material to work with these days.
Filling in for Congressman Jamie Raskin, who had to cancel in order to cast his vote on the latest bill to stop the government shutdown, Page spoke about this being a time of transition and great change.
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