To the editor: Columnist George Skelton discusses how the 2 candidates for California governor within the 2026 normal election may very well be two Republicans, every with comparatively small help from the general voters (“A Republican California governor? It’s doable, however a protracted shot,” Dec. 1). This chance once more reveals why California wants some type of ranked alternative voting.
It’s unreasonable that Californians must be saddled with a governor who has a relative sliver of help. With ranked alternative voting, the profitable candidate will possible have help from a majority, even when she or he will not be the primary alternative of most voters.
Ranked voting must be applied as quickly as doable for as many electoral workplaces as doable. This consists of the system for selecting a brand new governor if a sitting governor is recalled. Presently, if a governor is recalled, say, by a vote of 51% to 49%, and the main vote-getter for the alternative will get 10% of the vote, the candidate with 10% turns into the brand new governor.
That is absurd. A ranked voting system to decide on the alternative will shield in opposition to this.
Adrienne Marks, Riverside
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To the editor: Skelton states that, with so many Democrats operating for governor, “it’s doable, in any case, for a Republican to be elected California governor subsequent yr.” Would that be such a disaster?
We’ve got had Democratic governors for the previous 14 years in California, but our taxes, gasoline costs, funds deficits and home-buying prices are among the many highest within the nation. We spent $24 billion on homelessness over a five-year interval, however we nonetheless have the largest homeless inhabitants within the U.S.
Possibly it’s time for a Republican governor once more.
Janet Polak, Beverly Hills
