This Bill Would Make Elected Officials Accountable and Establish Minimum Qualifications


This Bill Would Make Elected Officials Accountable and Establish Minimum Qualifications
The Issue
I was watching a video of Former president Richard M Nixon in which he talked about the reason for the failure of the Yalta Agreement. This was one of the 3 conferences between FDR, Churchill and Stalin that set the rules for post WWII Europe. Nixon stated (at minute 0:42) "...making an agreement that was not self-enforcing was a mistake." This is the same reason the US has to choose between bad presidential candidates and tolerate Congressional gridlock corruption.
Most jobs have a list of minimum qualifications, a 90 day probationary period and periodic performance review. Why not include these for elected officials? Voters should not expect lawmakers or executives to fulfill the goals of our Preamble if candidates work for megabucks donors rather than the common citizen.
Sign to support the "Candidate Qualifications and Electoral Reform Act." This bill would:
- Require Candidate Standards. (see the draft bill for details - It would have disqualified all 2016, 2020 and 2024's Republican and Democratic presidential candidates.)
- Begin Automatic nationwide voter registration, thumbprint verified, updated by motor vehicle license, Social Security and/or payroll records.
And require:
- Open primaries.
- Exclusion of any candidate for elected office who has, through prior actions, violated the Preamble (stated intent), Bill of Rights, or War Powers sections of the US Constitution.
- A 90 day probationary period with review for new electees to enforce accountability.
- Vote of confidence/budget impasse provisions that increase control of government by the electorate.
- Zero tolerance for electoral irregularities. All elections must be auditable with paper records maintained for five years.
Read the draft bill.

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The Issue
I was watching a video of Former president Richard M Nixon in which he talked about the reason for the failure of the Yalta Agreement. This was one of the 3 conferences between FDR, Churchill and Stalin that set the rules for post WWII Europe. Nixon stated (at minute 0:42) "...making an agreement that was not self-enforcing was a mistake." This is the same reason the US has to choose between bad presidential candidates and tolerate Congressional gridlock corruption.
Most jobs have a list of minimum qualifications, a 90 day probationary period and periodic performance review. Why not include these for elected officials? Voters should not expect lawmakers or executives to fulfill the goals of our Preamble if candidates work for megabucks donors rather than the common citizen.
Sign to support the "Candidate Qualifications and Electoral Reform Act." This bill would:
- Require Candidate Standards. (see the draft bill for details - It would have disqualified all 2016, 2020 and 2024's Republican and Democratic presidential candidates.)
- Begin Automatic nationwide voter registration, thumbprint verified, updated by motor vehicle license, Social Security and/or payroll records.
And require:
- Open primaries.
- Exclusion of any candidate for elected office who has, through prior actions, violated the Preamble (stated intent), Bill of Rights, or War Powers sections of the US Constitution.
- A 90 day probationary period with review for new electees to enforce accountability.
- Vote of confidence/budget impasse provisions that increase control of government by the electorate.
- Zero tolerance for electoral irregularities. All elections must be auditable with paper records maintained for five years.
Read the draft bill.

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Petition created on November 29, 2016