Ammon Gruwell: Approval voting will help end the political duopoly (Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Voters at Vivint Smart Home Arena in Salt Lake City on election day, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020. By Ammon Gruwell | Special to The Tribune | May 14, 2021, 9:00 p.m. Imagine you walk into a shoe store and the only two options available are snow boots and flip-flops, and there’s a big sign hanging overhead saying “choose only one.” You would be shocked at both the appalling lack of options as well as the restrictive one-per-customer limit. Unfortunately, this is exactly the situation of American politics today. 62% of Americans want a third major political party according to recent polling, but there are massive structural barriers preventing other options from breaking through. First and foremost among these barriers is the way we vote.