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United Kansas Party leaders are preparing to challenge the #FusionBan in this upcoming election cycle. Despite Kansas law, they intend to cross-nominate 5 candidates for the 2024 general election using #FusionVoting 🗳️✨, an #ElectionReform Learn more: amp.kansascity.com/news/politic...
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June 28, 2024 at 12:47 PM
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Help us celebrate the recognition of United Kansas as the fifth political party in Kansas! By educating voters on the benefits of #ElectionReform and ending the #FusionBan, we’re moving closer to breaking the two party #doomloop. #DitchTheDuopoly #FusionVoting Learn more: centerforballotfreedom.org
Ding Dong The Two Party System Is Dead
June 5, 2024 at 9:45 PM
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One thing the GOP and Democratic Party can agree on is that an entrenched two-party #duopoly will keep them both in power! Ending the #FusionBan will give third parties a voice and bring about a more representative political process. Learn more: centerforballotfreedom.org
Tom and Jerry meme: GOP and Dems on basic issues vs. GOP and Dems on the Fusion Ban
July 26, 2024 at 7:50 PM
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Many issues we are facing regarding extremism and the lack of representation due to the two-party #duopoly could easily be resolved by allowing cross-nomination and ending the #FusionBan. @leedrutman.bsky.social @protectdemocracy.org Learn more: centerforballotfreedom.org
“Restoring the right of political parties to cross-nominate their preferred candidates could mitigate some of the serious challenges facing U.S. democracy in the 21st century.” – Tabatha Abu El-Haj, Thomas R. Kline School of Law Lee Drutman, New America Beau Tremitiere, Protect Democracy
September 3, 2024 at 10:25 PM
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Prior to the #FusionBan, candidates in Kansas routinely received multiple party nominations via #FusionVoting, allowing for minor parties to play a substantial and significant role in the democratic process. United Kansas Party is challenging anti-fusion laws: protectdemocracy.org/work/challen...
Bringing Back Fusion Voting
In Kansas and other states, anti-democratic extremism and polarization are rapidly accelerating. Fusion voting is the off-ramp we need to break this cycle.
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October 10, 2024 at 4:33 PM
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Both the GOP and Dems know that #FusionVoting 🗳️✨ can challenge the status quo and break the two-party #DoomLoop. The #FusionBan ❌ was put into place to ensure that third parties remain spoilers and only two parties control the power. Learn more: centerforballotfreedom.org
Fusion voting was outlawed when the two major parties banned fusion in order to stamp out competition and consolidate their power.
July 10, 2024 at 5:58 PM
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Russell Fox explores how #FusionVoting 🗳️✨ can revitalize Kansas politics. By offering a voice to moderate Republicans and Democrats silenced by the #FusionBan ❌ and party extremism, the United Kansas Party is stepping up to the plate 🍽️ Learn more: www.thekansan.com/why-bringing...
Why bringing back fusion voting makes sense - Newton Kansan
People constantly complain about political parties.
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July 9, 2024 at 12:46 PM
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Wow! @msifry.bsky.social explains why #FusionVoting 🗳️✨ was essential to establishing many of the freedoms we enjoy today. Ending the #FusionBan is crucial to ensuring our democracy stays safe! #ElectionReform Learn more: centerforballotfreedom.org
“Fusion voting used to be common across America, and it is still practiced in Connecticut and New York. The freedom to cross-nominate candidates, or fuse, was critical to the rise of the anti-slavery parties of the 1840s and 1850s, and also to the raft of anti-monopoly populist, suffragist, farmer, labor and temperance parties of the second half of the 19th century that made politics then so competitive and vibrant.” – Micah Sifry is a writer, editor, and democracy activist.
July 24, 2024 at 7:32 PM
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The two major parties in the sunflower state would rather play games than solve problems @UnitedKansas. With a #FusionBan, #KSPolitics lacks a mechanism for voters to fully exercise their #VotingRights, including the right of parties to cross-nominate candidates for office.
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September 18, 2024 at 9:37 PM
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Though it won't be legalized by November, the battle to end the #FusionBan is underway in several states. Ending the #doomloop will take time, but we have confidence in #FusionVoting 🗳 and its ability to restore our #democracy! Learn more: centerforballotfreedom.org
“Luckily, what was banned by states can be unbanned, and efforts to repeal the anti-fusion laws by litigation or legislation are underway in various states. Fusion voting won’t be legalized in time for this November. But today’s dysfunctional politics aren’t going to just vanish in 2025, and the push for fusion voting ought to gain support. We must revitalize America’s party system so that compromise and coalition are rewarded and valued. The two-party system is a failure, but democracy is not.” – Dan Cantor, Senior Advisor at Center for Ballot Freedom
September 11, 2024 at 1:43 PM
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We agree United Kansas! The #FusionBan ❌ is unconstitutional and #FusionVoting 🗳️✨ is the best way to ensure that every Kansan feels represented and heard. Learn more from Tim Carpenter at the Kansas Reflector: kansasreflector.com/2024/07/12/u...
United Kansas Party files lawsuits to challenge state law forbidding multi-party nominations • Kansas Reflector
United Kansas Party's lawuits in Reno and Saline counties assert Kansas law forbidding multi-party nomination of candidates violates the state Constitution.
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July 19, 2024 at 1:28 PM
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United Kansas aims to revitalize Kansas politics by challenging the state ban on #FusionVoting 🗳️✨. Initially overturned to silence populist and People’s party voters, the Kansas Supreme Court has the opportunity to end the #FusionBan ❌. Learn more: www.ctnewsonline.com/opinion/arti...
Fusion voting could offer an alternative to party politics
People constantly complain about political parties. And yet, in a society where people are free to express themselves and assemble together, forming parties is both logical and a valuable way
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July 3, 2024 at 12:56 PM
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By fighting to end the #FusionBan we are working to stop the extremism and polarization that characterize our political system. #FusionVoting 🗳✨ gives life to new parties, fostering cooperation and weakening division. Learn more: centerforballotfreedom.org
What would happen if fusion voting were reinstated in all 50 states? 1. A rise in constructive centrist parties supporting compromise 2. Major parties shifting towards moderation 3. More parties representing various viewpoints across the political spectrum.
July 3, 2024 at 6:12 PM