>The thing is, people blame the politicians for doing this. I put the blame on we, the voters. We reward this kind of behavior at the ballot box. I can't really blame politicians for the rules that we have indirectly established.
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Hi Chris,
Long time no talk < s >.
But what choice do you have as regards your use of the ballot box???
The two biggies have assured that other parties can 'exist' (thus removing, they feel, any arguments about the domocraticness of your system) but they make ALL the rules to ensure that those parties never have a voice of even marginal significance.
I bet they - the two biggies - would not even entertain a simple change in voting rules that would allow a meaningful "NONE OF THE ABOVE" on every ballot.

Given the current state of affairs what can you, the voters, do to change things?

cheers