Voter suppression and fraud, big money politics, gerrymandering, and an under-informed (lied to) and under-involved populous has left us with a plutocracy, not a democracy. We need to turn this around if we are going to address the existential crises that we face – and we need to do so now.
For a Real Democracy:
- Establish a right to vote in the Wisconsin Constitution, automatically register all citizens to vote and ensure universal mail-in ballots.
- Secure the voter-verified paper ballot and citizens’ right to verified election results before they are declared final.
- Support adequate (fully competitive) public financing of all elections and a national popular vote for the presidency.
- Create and ensure a nonpartisan, transparent process for the redrawing of all election districts that requires local public commentary from diverse communities, including public hearings, and ensure independent, nonpartisan election administration.
- End partisan gerrymandering and move to an election system of proportional representation and ranked-choice voting.
- Honor treaty rights, consultation rights, jurisdiction, and sovereignty of native nations in local and state decisions.
- Support the national and state U.S. Constitutional amendments stating that money is not speech and that only human beings have U. S. Constitutional rights.