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Political Issues/Comments / Democracy Defense Act
« on: September 04, 2010, 04:19:00 PM »
DEMOCRACY DEFENSE ACT drafted by Peter D. Moss
The General Assembly of Vermont finds that in spite of some democracy at the town/local level, there is a lack of real democracy at all levels of Vermont and federal government. To remedy this situation and to create a peoples government, the following provisions are enacted on the effective date of this act.
1. Only one style of ballot shall be used and shall indicate only the first initial and last name of each candidate under each office of signature petitions listed so as to avoid party line voting, sex discrimination, and other impermissible and irrelevant bias. The voter signature petitions shall specify that the petition qualifies the candidate for both primary and general election. Each ballot shall provide at least two write-in blanks for every office, so as to qualify candidates who do not wish to waste time for collecting signatures.
2.Candidate debates shall include all candidates for each given office. Print and broadcast media and other organizers of public debates shall invite all candidates for the position debated and will not commence debate until all candidates are present and ready. Failure to do so will disqualify the debate sponsor as well as any candidates who commence debating with an incomplete panel. The names of offending candidates shall be removed from both primary and general election ballots.
3. Thieves, fools and juveniles removing, defacing, or otherwise damaging one or more lawn signs shall pay for 100 new lawn signs, and shall personally install all 100 under the direction of the victimized candidate. Persons witnessing lawn sign tampering and promptly notifying the county sheriff and able to identify the vandal, shall be entitled to a $500 cash reward to be paid by the vandal or if a minor, by the vandal's parents or guardian. Indicted lawn sign tamperers shall be prosecuted by the state's attorney for thievery and vandalism. If the state's attorney fails or refuses to prosecute, then this act empowers the victimized candidate to prosecute pro se or hire a member of the criminal bar to prosecute the vandal at the vandal's expense, or if a minor, by the vandal's parents or guardian.
4. Persons objecting to lawn signs on their personal property shall phone the Vermont secretary of state who shall notify the lawn sign owner to remove the offending sign at his or her earliest convenience. Persons not objecting to one or more lawn signs shall thereby waive their right to have any candidate's lawn sign removed, as provided under the equal protection laws.
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The General Assembly of Vermont finds that in spite of some democracy at the town/local level, there is a lack of real democracy at all levels of Vermont and federal government. To remedy this situation and to create a peoples government, the following provisions are enacted on the effective date of this act.
1. Only one style of ballot shall be used and shall indicate only the first initial and last name of each candidate under each office of signature petitions listed so as to avoid party line voting, sex discrimination, and other impermissible and irrelevant bias. The voter signature petitions shall specify that the petition qualifies the candidate for both primary and general election. Each ballot shall provide at least two write-in blanks for every office, so as to qualify candidates who do not wish to waste time for collecting signatures.
2.Candidate debates shall include all candidates for each given office. Print and broadcast media and other organizers of public debates shall invite all candidates for the position debated and will not commence debate until all candidates are present and ready. Failure to do so will disqualify the debate sponsor as well as any candidates who commence debating with an incomplete panel. The names of offending candidates shall be removed from both primary and general election ballots.
3. Thieves, fools and juveniles removing, defacing, or otherwise damaging one or more lawn signs shall pay for 100 new lawn signs, and shall personally install all 100 under the direction of the victimized candidate. Persons witnessing lawn sign tampering and promptly notifying the county sheriff and able to identify the vandal, shall be entitled to a $500 cash reward to be paid by the vandal or if a minor, by the vandal's parents or guardian. Indicted lawn sign tamperers shall be prosecuted by the state's attorney for thievery and vandalism. If the state's attorney fails or refuses to prosecute, then this act empowers the victimized candidate to prosecute pro se or hire a member of the criminal bar to prosecute the vandal at the vandal's expense, or if a minor, by the vandal's parents or guardian.
4. Persons objecting to lawn signs on their personal property shall phone the Vermont secretary of state who shall notify the lawn sign owner to remove the offending sign at his or her earliest convenience. Persons not objecting to one or more lawn signs shall thereby waive their right to have any candidate's lawn sign removed, as provided under the equal protection laws.
43A:\DemDefAc.wpd --- Sept. 1, 2010 --- 431 words