To the editor,

Another election season lies before us. Don’t you dread those awful campaign commercials?

I do. Why do they try to make us fear our neighbors?

The Political Industrial Complex thrives on division, fear, and untruths. There’s money and power to be gained by making us hate each other.

We can change this. Final Five Voting (FFV) is a better election system gaining steam around the state. You can learn about it at gro-wwaction.org/bridge-the-divide.

Under FFV, our representatives are free to serve us, rather than party bosses. Often, representatives are people who run for office intending to serve us. They grow to fear being primaried for not toeing the party line rather than doing what is best for their constituents.

FFV promotes constituents’ and politicians’ best interests, because the top five vote-getters in the primary election advance to the general. If an incumbent runs for re-election, they are likely to advance—no matter who the party puts against them! That way, we can ensure that the important election happens in November, when all interested voters show up to the polls, instead of the August primary.

In Wisconsin, we should all be part of the solutions to our problems. Final Five Voting is a way for us to achieve solutions.