Here are the elements of the Act for discussion – 12 distinct but essentially integrated fixes. Updated to include end to straight-ticket device within 10 End Winner Take All.
01 Universal Registration
• Opt-Out Option
• Prisoners Remain Voters
02 Free & Equal Ballot Access
03 Tightly-Drawn Districts
04 Free & Equal Public Funding
• Overturn CITIZENS UNITED
05 Free & Equal Media Access
06 Inclusive Debates
• Restore League of Women Voters
• Debates in Every State
• Cabinet Announced in Advance
• Cabinet-Level Debates
07 Open Primaries
08 Election Day Holiday
• Visitors to Disabled
• Free Public Transportation
09 Paper Ballots
• Counted Publicly On Site
• Military and Embassy Sites
• Exit Poll Validation at all Sites
• Mail/Internet Triple Validation
10 End Winner Take All Voting
• Instant Run-Off or Range, Concordant, Other
• End Straight-Ticket Device
11 Legislative Process Integrity
• End Party-Line Voting
• All Legislation Published in Advance
• No Secret Provisions
• Process for Citizen Guidance to Representatives
ORIGINAL #12
12 Article V Constitutional Convention
• 1st Religion & Freedom of Expression
• 2nd Right to Bear Arms
• 12th Electoral College/Restore Runner Up as Vice President
• 14th Birthright
• 17th State Appointment of Senators
NEW #12
12 Economic and financial democracy — overturn Taft-Hartley 14b and nationalize Federal Reserve
NOTE: Senator Bernie Sanders has refused eight times to consider introducing the Electoral Reform Act. This suggests that he is quite content to remain a side show and allow Hillary Clinton to secure the nomination within the rigged Democratic Party system.
See Also:
Democracy Lost Essay & Book Reviews
Open Power Electoral Reform @ Phi Beta Iota
