Dos Mas Dos - Mechanism

Mechanism

The Dos más Dos formula works as follows:

  1. During primary elections the party does not come to a conclusion as to who is going to be selected to represent the party in the next elections ballot for a particular Senate (or lower representative) chair. This is the result of internal payoffs and/or electoral "sabotage". It can also happen when there's a clear distinction between one candidate with the wealthiest sponsorship and the other who ranks better in the electoral polls.
  2. The "salomonic" solution to this mess is to propose that only one should be registered in the official electoral ballot, and the other should wait for the second mid-term.
  3. If the party should win the elections for that particular seat, the elected person can run office for only half the time of the elected term.
  4. When the time comes, he should willingly retire in lieu of some phony excuse. The most alleged excuse is "health reasons", although some more cynical step down claiming "patriotic" reasons.
  5. He should immediately propose to Congress his substitute, which in no surprise, is the party member that "tied" with him in the internal primaries for that spot.
  6. The second candidate takes office.

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