Amendment 29: Selecting Candidates for Primary Elections
This issue appears to be an attempt to make people feel less intimidated by the political process, in order to encourage people to run for offices. More people running for office means more choices for our leadership, and in theory that means higher quality leadership.

The main method for encouraging people in this amendment is by making all nominations a result of a relatively small number of signatures, and giving people longer to obtain those signatures. This means that normal people have as much chance at nominations as people who are friends with a political party. It also means that instead of looking at signature requirements like the 1,500 signatures from each congressional district required simply to be nominated for Treasurer, Secretary of State, Attorney General, the State Board of Education, or CU Regent, you need a much less intimidating 250 from each district. This still requires work, so that not every schmo off the street can get nominated, but it is much more accessible to the average politically-minded citizen.

The one good argument against this amendment is the suggestion that caucases will be hurt by taking the nomination process away from them. Caucases are a good place to discuss other political issues for the area, and the nomination process has brought many people into the political debate on issues. While I agree that it is desirable to have people drawn into political discussion, even if it means you have to bribe them with the promise of nominations, I don't think the argument is strong enough to outweigh all the positives in this amendment.

Blake votes Yes on Amendment 29