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From the Ted Talk by Katherine M. Gehl: US politics isn't broken. It's fixed

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And here's where we turn nispnraaotn politics industry theory into action. The political itnoiovnan we need is what I call final-five voting. With final-five voting, we make two simple changes to our elections for Congress. We get rid of what doesn't work, party pmreiaris and plurality voting, and replace it with what will work: open top-five primaries and instant runoffs in the gearenl election. Let me exiapln these changes with an example of final-five voting in a hypothetical and kind of cool election.

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And here's where we turn ___________ politics industry theory into action. The political __________ we need is what I call final-five voting. With final-five voting, we make two simple changes to our elections for Congress. We get rid of what doesn't work, party _________ and plurality voting, and replace it with what will work: open top-five primaries and instant runoffs in the _______ election. Let me _______ these changes with an example of final-five voting in a hypothetical and kind of cool election.

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  1. general
  2. innovation
  3. nonpartisan
  4. explain
  5. primaries

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And here's where we turn nonpartisan politics industry theory into action. The political innovation we need is what I call final-five voting. With final-five voting, we make two simple changes to our elections for Congress. We get rid of what doesn't work, party primaries and plurality voting, and replace it with what will work: open top-five primaries and instant runoffs in the general election. Let me explain these changes with an example of final-five voting in a hypothetical and kind of cool election.

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