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Michael Feinstein

Michael Feinstein

Voters’ Right to Know Undermined by High Candidate Statement Fees, SoS Conflict of Interest

By Michael Feinstein. Fox and Hounds Daily. January 10, 2018

5 min readAug 22, 2021

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Voters’ Right to Know Undermined by High Candidate Statement Fees, SoS Conflict of Interest

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Michael Feinstein

Why Gavin Newsom was wrong in vetoing ranked-choice voting and howto fix it, Part 2

By Michael Feinstein. Fox and Hounds Daily, January 9, 2020

4 min readAug 18, 2021

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Why Gavin Newsom was wrong in vetoing ranked-choice voting and howto fix it, Part 2

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Michael Feinstein

Why Gavin Newsom was wrong in vetoing ranked-choice voting — and how to fix it. Part 1

By Michael Feinstein. Fox and Hounds Daily. Wednesday, January 8th, 2020

9 min readAug 17, 2021

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Why Gavin Newsom was wrong in vetoing ranked-choice voting — and how to fix it. Part 1

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Michael Feinstein

When plastic industry reform died in the state legislature this year, so did a piece of our…

By Michael Feinstein. Fox and Hounds Daily. November 3, 2020

5 min readNov 3, 2020

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When plastic industry reform died in the state legislature this year, so did a piece of our…

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Michael Feinstein

Why California’s crossover primary is bad for democracy

California’s crossover presidential primary — touted as empowering the states’s 5.3 million unaffiliated, No Party Preference voters —…

4 min readFeb 28, 2020

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Why California’s crossover primary is bad for democracy

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Michael Feinstein

Why the California Citizens Redistricting Commission needs a Green, American Independent…

When the California Citizens Redistricting Commission (CRC) was established in 2008 (by Proposition 11), a super majority of its 14 members…

6 min readFeb 14, 2020

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Michael Feinstein

Worried about social media and elections? What about our public media?

By Michael Feinstein. Fox and Hounds Daily, November 25, 2019

6 min readNov 25, 2019

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Worried about social media and elections? What about our public media?

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Michael Feinstein

Despite Close Congressional Races, California Must Change its Election System :: Fox&Hounds

There are arguably at least eight close California Congressional races on November 6th that pollsters and pundits tell us could go down to…

4 min readNov 5, 2018

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Michael Feinstein

Top Two Malfunctions, Democracy Suffers :: Fox&Hounds

When the State Legislature placed Top Two elections on the June 2010 ballot, there were no prior public hearings on the topic. Instead Top…

7 min readMay 18, 2018

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Michael Feinstein

Vote Centers Wrong Answer to Increase Voter Turnout, Why Not Election State Holidays and…

In attempting to increase voter turnout, California officials nibble around the edges of reform, while consistently missing the forest for…

4 min readApr 27, 2018

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Michael Feinstein

Michael Feinstein

Michael Feinstein is a former Santa Monica, CA Mayor & City Councilmember; Green Party of California co-founder & 2018 Green candidate for CA Secretary of State

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