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First off, I'm gonna side with George Washington on this one.
His predictions as to what would happen to this country if we allowed a two party system to take root put Nostradamus to shame.
What would be the downside to your example?
How is too many choices a bad thing?
We need inclusion of at least one additional party per ballot, public financing of elections (since politicians only work for those who pay for their campaigns, it might as well be us.), and a proportional voting system instead of first past the post.
The problems Washington accurately predicted are real and significant. We ignore them at our peril.
I don't disagree with anything you've posted - my comments don't preclude what you suggest - I only indicate that I see nothing wrong with some form of verifying that a candidate is actually a viable choice and not just on the ballot as filler with ZERO chance of actually succeeding.