He is ending the summer season with an effort to allow local voters to say whether they want English to be the town's official language.

Also on the ballot is a table allowing voters to write in candidates who are running for another party.

The latter did not count for the result, but allowed voters to make an affirmative abstention.

This allowed voters to make individual choices for council in large, multimember districts.

The site, www.voteexchange.org, allows voters to request trades and respond to requests.

This was a gamble as it placed him in early debt but allowed voters traveling to the city to see the work he had done.

Perhaps more importantly, it may not allow voters adequate time to consider the quality of various candidates.

It would be fairer to vary the order of the primary states to allow voters in other regions the chance to have a greater impact.

That allowed voters to answer the same questions themselves.

But it would be a start and allow voters in November to decide how much further they wanted to go.