citizenAlex
	Thoughts about privacy, power, and democracy
with a little art & soul thrown in
        
    
    
        
            
Make Your Vote Matter
Principles
- One person, one vote.
1a. Corporations are not people. 
- Checks on power.
2a. Money is not speech. It’s power. 
- Ranked choice voting.
 
- Public campaign financing only—ban on all private
contributions.
 
- Nonpartisan ballot access and elections.
 
- Nonpartisan congressional organization: End party-based committee
assignments and leadership.
 
- Total gift bans in all public positions.
 
- Ban of all paid lobbying: protect citizen right to petition.
 
- Ban on gerrymandering—Independent redistricting based solely on
population and geography.
 
- Abolition of electoral college (Interstate Compact then
Constitutional amendment).
 
- Government education services that teach citizens and newly elected
officials how government processes work.
 
- Secret ballot for citizens; public voting records for
representatives.