Saturday, February 19, 2011

Americans United to Rebuild Democracy: An Alliance Between Conservatives & Progressives for Fundamental Election Reform

"'We will package together - as an amendment to the US Constitution - Congressional Term Limits, a Clean Elections System, and a Ban on Gerrymandering.  An amendment to the Constitution is necessary because 1) the Supreme Court has ruled that there can be no congressional term limits without amending the Constitution and 2) anything passed by one congress, such as a clean elections law, can be repealed by a subsequent congress.  Achieving such an ambitious goal will not be easy, but it is as crucial as it is difficult.  Because politicians in Washington DC are united behind a corrupt system, ordinary citizens must also unite.  As conservatives, progressives and centrists, we can agree to disagree on everything else, but we vow to stand together to rebuild our democracy...'"
http://www.rebuilddemocracy.org/ 
Visit Americans United to Rebuild Democracy and join their movement!


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