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The Voters' Bill of Rights 
(as adopted by the Voter March Platform Committee)

 

Fighting for a Voters' Bill of Rights Now!

We the members and supporters of VoterMarch believe our nation was founded on and is dedicated to the principle and precept of one citizen, one vote.

Consent of the governed ceases to exist when either the right to vote is obstructed or when all votes cast are not counted accurately or in full.

We believe that every citizen is endowed by the United States Constitution with an equal right to vote and that this inalienable right should be protected and reinforced by Federal legislation and funding designed to foster and encourage easier, more accurate, and larger voter participation.

In order to promote and protect these rights Voter March puts forth the following platform of voter initiatives and electoral reforms:

Reduce the influence of money in campaigns 
(See BBC Documentary by David Shulman on Louisville, Kentucky election)

  • Restrict the use of "soft" money

  • Sufficiently cap "hard" money

  • Restrict the use of indiscriminate "issue ads"

  • Increase access to media debates for all ballot qualified candidates

  • Implement the option in Congressional & Senatorial races to choose public financing

Substantially modify the Electoral College for Presidential election outcomes

  • Electoral College shall fully reflect the proportional distribution of voting within a state

  • State legislatures shall not choose the Electoral College members

Improve voter access to polls

  • Establish National Holiday for Federal elections

  • Easy, fast and deadlines fully publicized for:

  • Voter Registration/change of address/poll relocation/ all absentee ballots

  • Voting rights for ex-felons

  • Optional polling place choices with affidavit

Reduce all forms of voter disenfranchisement

  • Fully enforce and extend the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (Including full investigation and prosecution of offenders)

  • Implement special provisions for the physically disabled

Modernize vote count methods

  • Implement uniform voting systems that accurately record every vote cast

  • Enable real-time error detection and correction with physical verifiability

  • Implement standard voting technology that produces the lowest ‘error rate’ possible

  • Evaluate in depth the merits of instant run-off or ranked voting

Enhance Federal Election Commission Capabilities

  • Fund investigation of fund raising violations

  • Establish Local Election Board guidelines

  • Establish clear Conflict of Interest guidelines

  • Reduce partisan influence within local regulating boards and election officials

Enhance Voter Education and early registration

  • Encourage mandatory semester of High School Civics

  • Encourage students to register to vote if they are 18, provide voter registration cards

To these ends – we hereby dedicate ourselves.

For pdf version, click here