The Voting Class    As Hill's article ably demonstrates,
California's voting class doesn't come close to representing the
diversity of the state and, one would surmise, the election
results don't represent that diversity either. As Hill writes,
you get "a small group of frequent voters, who are richer,
whiter and older than their nonvoting neighbors, form the
majority that decides which candidates win and which ballot
measures pass."   So, when he goes on to say that Prop 89's
defeat signals that reformers should be more "pragmatic" in
pursuing campaign finance reform he ought to note that the whole
voice of California was not heard on this issue, just the voice
of a minority: those who vote. Perhaps with full public
financing of elections, candidates from more diverse and under
represented backgrounds would have a chance to seek office and
speak for the disenfranchised who, tired of seeing elected
officials and policy unresponsive to their needs, simply stopped
voting.   To compromise on the strength of the