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I think we should do more than treat it as a governmental organization, we should regulate it into behaving more like one, or regulate some of its influence awa

I think we should do more than treat it as a governmental organization, we should regulate it into behaving more like one, or regulate some of its influence away so that there's is more room for third parties

sidlls 10y ago
Plenty of states already have regulations. California has rules about how parties elect their boards and whatnot, for example, and officially recognizes parties. I agree that we should reduce their influence. That would be the opposite of doubling down on our current system of treating them like pseudo-branches of government. One way to accomplish that would be to ban official recognition of parties, require them to fund and run their own primary elections, and move to multi-member representation districts. All of these things can be done at the state level for state and local offices.