IVN Steele on Electoral Reform Part 2: Ballot Access

Steele on Electoral Reform – Part 2: Ballot Access Independent Voter News, 9 March 2012 Ballot access requirements shall be the same for every candidate, irrespective of party affiliation. Equal access includes access to debates. This shall also apply to initiatives and referenda, and to primary elections. No state shall be eligible to receive federal …

IVN Steele on Electoral Reform Part 1: Process

Steele on Electoral Reform Part 1: Process Independent Voter Network, 6 March 2012 The election process shall reflect the eleven International Election Integrity Principles of Transparency, Chain of Custody, Observer Access, Checks & Balances, Enforcement of Election Laws, Right to Paper Ballot and Open Source Software, Right to Polls and Protection of Poll Workers; Right …

Theophilis Goodyear: InterOccupy Should Have No Ideological Litmus Test, Especially with Respect to Electoral Reform

InterOccupy Should Have No Ideological Litmus Test Even though some of the people who started this movement identify themselves as anarchists, the actual 99% of world humanity are diverse beyond description. They come from an incredible array of different cultures, religions, races, world views, and ideologies, and they face different local realities. If anarchists think …

Penguin: Is Occupy Ready for a One-Day General Strike to Force Issue of Electoral Reform Into Holiday Consciousness?

It’s Time to See if the 99% Are Really on Your Side; Give Them a Christmas Present: The Electoral Reform Act of 2012! If there could be unanimous agreement among all the Occupy Wall Street groups that the next phase of the movement should be a general strike, could they pull it off? Not yet, …

David Swansson: When the World Outlawed War – A Model for Occupy to Achieve Electoral Reform Act of 2012

When the World Outlawed War: An Interview with David Swanson For those who know war only through television, criminalizing it sounds like proposing to criminalize government. But there was a time when the masses made war illegal. Bruce E. Levine Alternet, November 21, 2011 David Swanson’s recently released book, When the World Outlawed War, tells the …