Voter Apathy, Dissatisfaction

Your editorial “Another Election Rerun” (Oct. 26) highlights the central problem in American politics today.

Any candidate, incumbent or otherwise, who is able to outspend his or her opponent is virtually always elected. Recognizing this fact, why not do away with elections altogether and simply award an office to the candidate who raises the most money?

Since elections would be abolished, there would no longer be anything to spend those war chests on. Once the top money-raiser has been determined all of the candidates will be required to give back all they’ve collected, thus eliminating the corrupting influence of money in politics as well as ending the accumulation of all those carry-over slush funds.

JOHN W. BLACK

Newport Beach