"Let’s look at all options that give voters a greater voice," Angie Dunlap stressed in a letter to the editor of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. She was responding to a column about partisan primaries allowing the most extreme candidates to win elections.Dunlap stressed that the current system also squashes the desires of some voters to participate. "Many qualified citizens don’t register or turn out on election day, saying they don’t think their vote matters. ...

"At its recent state convention, the League of Women Voters of Missouri approved a new position to support electoral systems at each level of government that encourage participation, are verifiable and auditable, and enhance representation for all voters."

Click here to see the letter printed in the St. Louis Post Dispatch on June 7.