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Make all Congress members have to video their meetings with lobbyists and post them on CSPAN and show their voting records correlated to time spent with industry lobbyists.

Submitted by Joseph Segal in Government & Elections Jan. 5, 2015, 12:13 a.m.

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#1328

107 votes

Gut the NSA.

Submitted by Ward T. from PA in Government & Elections Nov. 11, 2014, 7:53 a.m.

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#1334

106 votes

Require the SEC to audit, regulate and publicly report upon the financial transactions and earnings of all elected officials nationwide.

Submitted by Timothy Salt in Government & Elections Dec. 16, 2014, 2:47 p.m.

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#1334

106 votes

In order to allow for the possibility of a vote re-count, mandate that all ballots in the country be done via paper ballot, and then scanned into a counting-reading machine. Current touch-screen machines merely provide the TOTAL votes at each machine, and it is not possible to re-count EACH vote if and when necessary.

Submitted by Gary Paul in Government & Elections Dec. 10, 2014, 11:03 p.m.

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#1342

105 votes

I am tired of politicians talking to empty rooms. There should be time in the morning and/or afternoon where all members need to be there in session. There needs to be debate. Budgets should be done a month before they expire. None of this last minute stuff. Slipping things in. Politicians need to be concentrating more on their people than fund raising. There should be reasonable limits on everything. That will force a vote and no more obstructing.

Submitted by Joe F in Government & Elections Dec. 12, 2014, 4:38 p.m.

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#1342

105 votes

When laws become criminalized, there is no justice. When lies are treated as truth, there is no truth. This Country needs a new Amendment to the Constitution to address Petitions of Grievance submitted by Citizens to protect them from dire consequences of actions by Federal Officials who would contrive to hide or withhold information.This Amendment would apply retroactively. I'd submit a Petition of Grievance re Monsanto and its relationship with Government Officials on behalf of GMOs.

Submitted by Cassandra in Government & Elections Dec. 28, 2014, 4:39 p.m.

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#1348

104 votes

Adopt rules in the U. S. Senate and House that prohibits these institutions from adopting or implementing partisan parliamentary rules and legislation. Representative should be in these houses to represent the people, not their political parties. Such changes must be enacted as rules in accordance with article I, section 5 of the Constitution.

Submitted by LynBarTri in Government & Elections Dec. 10, 2014, 4:14 p.m.

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#1362

102 votes

A fair vote system, to circumvent gerrymandering, using a districts plus method or another similar method.

Submitted by Simon R, Political Organizer in Government & Elections Dec. 11, 2014, 6:55 a.m.

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#1362

102 votes

Election campaign reform with teeth to limit excessive campaign donations to political candidates or pass a constitutional amendment to accomplish this.

Submitted by follow the money in Government & Elections Dec. 10, 2014, 9:51 p.m.

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#1362

102 votes

Congressional districts should be based on contiguous survey townships, and should be as nearly square as possible, accounting for shorelines, This would eliminate gerrymandering,, or as nearly so as possible.

Submitted by P. Szymeczek in Government & Elections Dec. 25, 2014, 8:02 p.m.

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#1370

100 votes

Congress should not be allowed to give themselves raises unless they work an entire year. No 5 week recess.

Submitted by yes in Government & Elections Dec. 18, 2014, 8:49 p.m.

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#1370

100 votes

1. Link Congressional pay to their overall approval rating. They work for us and should be paid based on performance. 2. Why do I turn on C-SPAN and see only a handful of individuals listening to the sponsor/ cosponsor of a bill? Where's the debate? Members should be there, not fluffing political donors pillows.

Submitted by Stacy Croan from IL in Government & Elections Dec. 16, 2014, 9:23 p.m.

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#1385

98 votes

Create a federal law or amend the U.S. Constitution to stipulate a consistent way each state's electoral college votes are treated. Allowing some states a proportional distribution while other states have a winner-takes-all distribution allows a few state legislatures to control the outcome of future presidential elections. Only now has this become an issue that five large states are in the process of changing how their electoral college votes are distributed.

Submitted by david_f_knight in Government & Elections Dec. 10, 2014, 5:25 p.m.

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#1385

98 votes

Stop the censuring of elected officials. If an elected official does something illegal or shady while in office...don't just give them a "slap on the hand censuring".....they should be fired and their retirement forfeited.

Submitted by caprice in Government & Elections Dec. 10, 2014, 8:46 p.m.

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#1385

98 votes

Ask the Supreme Court Five and the GOP/supporters to produce all corporations Birth Certificate, Hospital name and location, attending physician info including all other attending medical staff, a copy of the original Social Security number, Photo's of the Ultrasound taken before birth, corporations relatives, childhood pics, schools, taxes payed, jobs, voters registration card, any other pertinent info that applies to humans covered in flesh & bone! If no answer sue & demand answers EVERY DAY!

Submitted by VietnamVet66-67 in Government & Elections Dec. 13, 2014, 5:28 a.m.

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#1390

97 votes

Let's get rid of the midterm elections altogether and only have one election every four years, not only for the President but for Congress as well. Congress is forever in 'campaign mode' because there's an election held every two years and it's why nothing gets done. Congress' duty is to properly do the will of the people who hired them and they don't. They're too busy getting ready to campaign again. It really has to stop and this would be one way to do it.

Submitted by Maria P. from CA in Government & Elections Dec. 11, 2014, 2:54 p.m.

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#1396

96 votes

Voters frequently do not know the important issues or how candidates stand on those issues. Many issues are never mentioned leaving voters to vote a party line or simply who they think sounds like a friendly person. Solution: After candidates have filed for office, publicize locations for voters to obtain candidate information. A good site is the Vote Smart website, one of the best sources of unbiased information on candidate positions, funders, and group ratings. Knowledge is power!

Submitted by Melvin Mackey in Government & Elections Dec. 22, 2014, 10:46 p.m.

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#1396

96 votes

I.Q. and psychological testing for candidates running for election. I do not need to be represented by people who are not intelligent or sociopaths just because they are 'popular.'

Submitted by chas in Government & Elections Jan. 4, 2015, 4:36 p.m.

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#1402

95 votes

We need big ideas to move us out of the morass we are in. These include government paid voter ID cards, mandatory voting, changing voting day to weekend or make Election Day a holiday.

Submitted by Larry in Government & Elections Jan. 16, 2015, 9:07 a.m.

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#1402

95 votes

Compulsory voting. It increased turnout from 67% to 91% in Australia and drastically lowered turnout inequity in which the wealthy voted more than the poor, a phenomenon we see today in America.

Submitted by Sarah Fellman in Government & Elections Dec. 11, 2014, 12:04 a.m.

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#1412

94 votes

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