DEMOCRACY

True Democracy

noun: democracy a system of government by the whole population or all the eligible members of a state, typically through elected representatives.

Replace the exclusionary two-corporate-party system with an inclusive multi-party democracy through ranked-choice voting and proportional representation
Implement Ranked-Choice Voting for all elections nationwide
Abolish the Electoral College
Elect the president via national popular vote using ranked-choice voting
Safeguard election integrity with hand-counted paper ballots and routine post-election audits

Support a modern Voting Rights Act, including non-partisan redistricting commissions and same-day voter registration nationwide
Restore the Preclearance provision of the Voting Rights Act
Ensure a Constitutional right to vote and restore voting rights to all felons
Pass Automatic Voter Registration (AVR) nationwide
Lower the voting age to 16

End all discriminatory voting laws and the purging of voting rolls; repeal Shelby County v Holder
Expand polling locations and make free vote-by-mail an option for all elections, and expand polling locations
Allow those who are under supervision or incarcerated to vote in elections, and be counted in the districts they resided in before incarceration
Make Election Day a federal holiday

Repeal discriminatory, anti-democratic ballot access restrictions designed by the establishment parties to suppress competition
Repeal discriminatory, anti-democratic ballot access restrictions designed by the establishment parties to suppress competition

Protect the free Internet and net neutrality
Ensure open debates on public channels including all ballot-qualified candidates
Provide free public airtime for all ballot-qualified candidates
Oppose censorship by both the government and big tech corporations, and defend press freedom by applying antitrust laws to media conglomerates

Grant immediate statehood for the District of Columbia
Ensure self-determination for Puerto Rico and other colonial territories still under US rule
Ban stock trading by legislators
Prohibit Congress from giving themselves any benefits they do not give to the people
Ban government contractors from donating to political campaigns
Prohibit lobbying of any kind by former members of Congress.
Support and fund participatory budgeting projects to engage the public in policy decisions

Require a supermajority of ⅔ of the Supreme Court for judicial review of federal laws
Create a Federal Department of Equity to ensure that design and implementation of all policies (including climate policies) are equitable, as opposed to the historic victimization of poorer and marginalized communities.
Expand Freedom of Information laws and whistleblower protections