Here's Evan.

I mean, it's a big change, right? Right now we have a system, the system everybody knows and loves, where first there's a party primary.

You vote for your favorite Democrat or your favorite Republican.

And then the winners of those party primaries go to the general election where they face off against each other and maybe some third party independent candidates.

And that would disappear, disappear instead.

Wait, but parties wouldn't disappear.

Parties wouldn't disappear.

Then in

And give me just one example of one rule that could be overridden if this thing passes.

So and, and this is a very straightforward setup.

It says, like, anywhere where there's a lot, where you have street, like, you're like honest- you're facing a street, and you have enough space, and there's nearby water and sewer, you can build a house.

Like, towns cannot get in your way.

You meet some basic criteria, those are the criteria, you're free to build.

More than that, if you have a big lot, big enough, and it could be subdivided in a way so that both parts have, meet all those criteria, you can subdivide it and the town can't stop you.

So that's what they're trying to do.

It will make too many people need our school systems, et cetera."

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so I knew what the follow-up would be.

Um, because in many races the top two vote-getters will both be Democrats.

That is not possible today.

You can't really have a general election where you have two Democrats facing off 'cause one of them will win the Democratic primary, the other will lose.

They...

Than in the primaries.

Is that what we're talking about? here, Evan? I

mean, that's exactly what we're talking about.

There aren't a lot of other states—California does this and Washington does this—but there aren't a lot of other states that do things like this.

But it would be a big change here.

And this question is sort of the sweet spot in terms of a ballot question that would have a big impact and that, you know, seems a chance—has a chance of passing.

Um, so that's why I think it's getting a lot of attention.

But right now, we have a system that you see, you know, in most places, where first you have party primaries, and the winners of the two party primaries, like one Democrat and one Republican, go to the general election.

Unpack it for us, Evan.

But for people who don't recall, explain to us what this thing would do should it pass.

Yeah.

So right now we have a system that you see, you know, everywhere.

You start with a party primary.

when you're electing officials, like all the Democrats run in the primary, all the Republicans run in the primary, and then the two winners go to the general, and then maybe there's an independent candidate and a third party candidate.

And question three would just upend that, that whole system.

We would no longer have these party primaries.

One more.

But for people who don't recall, explain to us what this thing would do should it pass.

Yeah.

So right now we have a system that you see, you know, everywhere.

You start with a party primary system.

when you're electing officials, like all the Democrats run in the primary, all the Republicans run in the primary, and then the two winners go to the general and then maybe there's an independent candidate and a third party candidate.

And question three would just upend that, that whole system.

We would no longer have these party primaries.

One more.