The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
Independent Voter Network (IVN) Steele on Electoral Reform: Introduction of a New Series I have been invited to post a series of short commentaries on the Electoral Reform Act of 2012, a crowd-sourced outline that started in 2000 and was first developed over time by myself with Jim Turner (former #2 to Ralph Nader), Michael …
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Steele on Electoral Reform – Part 4: Voting for Issues Independent Voters Network, 11 March 2012 “Voters in all jurisdictions -the nation, states, counties, localities, school boards, water districts, etc.- shall all have the right to propose and vote on legislation, including amendments to constitutions, charters, etc., in parallel with representatives. Improvements over existing initiative …
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Steele on Electoral Reform – Part 3: Voting for People Independent Voter Network, 9 March 2012 All national, state, and local elections must immediately begin, and by Election Day 2014 complete, the process of phasing out plurality voting and adopting a better voting system. An improved voting system should collect more information from voters using …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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, …
