{"id":69944,"date":"2011-11-04T18:19:47","date_gmt":"2011-11-04T22:19:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/69944\/ows-step-legislation-works\/"},"modified":"2011-11-04T18:19:47","modified_gmt":"2011-11-04T22:19:47","slug":"ows-step-legislation-works","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/69944\/ows-step-legislation-works\/","title":{"rendered":"Possible OWS step toward legislation in the works."},"content":{"rendered":"

This guy’s got an idea.<\/font><\/p>\n

He wants OWS to help distil it and perfect it to fit everyone’s needs.
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Here’s the basics of the proposed Electoral Reform Act of 2012<\/a>:<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

Electoral Reform Act of 2012<\/strong><\/p>\n

Phase I [Implementation in Time for November 2012]<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
01 Open Ballot Access<\/strong><\/td>\nProposed, that ballot access<\/a> requirements should be the same for every candidate, irrespective of party affiliation.\u00a0 This helps end Two-Party Tyranny<\/a>.\u00a0 See Free & Equal<\/a>.\u00a0 Equal access includes access to debates (see 03 Honest Open Debates).\u00a0 This shall also apply to initiatives and referenda, and to primary elections.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
02\u00a0 Make It Easier to Vote, & Count<\/strong><\/td>\nCelebrate Democracy\u2014Election Day should be a national holiday.\u00a0 Every voter regardless of condition and especially of transportation, should be able to vote easily.\u00a0 Early Voting<\/a> should be universal.\u00a0 Those who have served a prison sentence should be re-enfranchised.\u00a0 ALL ballots must be on paper and subject to physical re-count.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
03 Honest Open Debates<\/strong><\/td>\nProposed, to end the current monopoly of the debates by the two-party alliance against independent and third parties, that new independent non-partisan means be found to manage honest open debates<\/a>, to include third to fifth parties.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
04 Instant Run-Off<\/strong> <\/strong><\/td>\nProposed, that to ensure the election of a winner elected by a majority, that the instant run-off concept<\/a> be adopted for all national and state elections.\u00a0 Included is an elimination of Diebold\u2014guarantee Voter-Marked Paper Ballot for All Voting.\u00a0 Other options include Ranked, Approval, and Range Voting, Liquid Democracy.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
05 Expanded Debates<\/strong><\/td>\nAmerica is too complicated to elect one person who then picks their buddies and carries out a \u201cwinner take all\u201d purge of the Congress and the Executive.\u00a0 Candidates should be required to name their Cabinet in advance and also post a planned budget, with Cabinet designees participating in Cabinet-level debates.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
06\u00a0 Fusion Teams<\/strong><\/td>\nThe public and candidates are encouraged to incentivize fusion teams where coalition cabinets are formed, and there is an end to the winner take all system of governance.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Phase II [Implementation in Time for November 2014]<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
07 Full and Balanced Representation<\/strong><\/td>\nEnact Open Registration<\/a>; all parties having at least 10% of the voters registering a preference for their political philosophy shall be eligible for assigned districts proportional to their number, and also to a proportional share of leadership positions in legislative bodies at all levels from local to national.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
08 Tightly-Drawn Districts & More<\/strong><\/td>\nProposed, that we end the corrupt practice of gerrymandering, replacing it with compact computer drawn districts<\/a> similar to the kind used in Iowa.\u00a0\u00a0 See Fight Gerrymandering<\/a>.\u00a0 All gerrymanders in progress in 2011 must be stopped.\u00a0 Increase # of districts to achieve 1:500,000 representation, recalculated following each census.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
09 Full Public Funding of Diverse Candidates<\/strong><\/td>\nProposed, to eliminate<\/span> all federal and corporate financing of campaigns, and all<\/span> political action committees while creating a public<\/span> Electoral Trust Fund (300M citizens x $10 each = 3 billion a year).\u00a0 Air time for all candidates is free and equal.\u00a0 Networks are NOT allowed to broadcast trends\u2014a complete media black-out until election day is over.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10 No Legislation Without Consultation<\/strong><\/td>\nProposed, to eliminate special interest dominance of the legislative process, and to end the practice of passing legislation such as the Patriot Act<\/a> without its actually being read, and to end all earmarks<\/a>, that all legislation without exception be published on line in Wiki format<\/a>, with an easy to understand one-page summary, normally one month prior to vote but no less than 24-72 hours for emergencies<\/span>, to include explicit geospatial pointers for all \u201cearmarks\u201d each of which must be publicly announced and also offered for amendment by the voters in the relevant district.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11\u00a0 Constitutional Amendment<\/strong><\/td>\nIn addition to all of the above enacted as an interim law, work toward a Constitutional Amendment that places Electoral Reform outside the power of the government; enact Statehood for the District of Columbia; abolish the Electoral College; and re-enfranchise convicts who complete their sentences<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Here’s a cool video that really simplifies instant runoff voting:<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

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So what do you think?\u00a0 Does any of this sound good to you?<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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