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Pass legislation to allow working Americans to take off work,paid,for 4hrs to vote in elections during the week.

Submitted by stephen eric serati in Government & Elections Dec. 19, 2014, 6:15 p.m.

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#1640

70 votes

Replace social security numbers with a cryptographic database. Each citizen would have a large encrypted value with multiple partial keys, each for different uses, eg, employment verification, credit checks, paying taxes, medical ids, casual social id (like a numeric business card), etc. SSNs are not secure but are used as if they were secure, allowing abuse. Instead of vfyng the last 4 of SSN you could give one or more partial keys to establish levels of id. Crypto has many uses beyond this.

Submitted by jumpy in Government & Elections Dec. 25, 2014, 6:41 p.m.

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#1640

70 votes

Dismantle Homeland Security, the NSA, CIA.

Submitted by activist in Government & Elections Dec. 10, 2014, 7:31 p.m.

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#1650

69 votes

Institute ranked-choice voting for Presidential and Congressional elections. This will begin to diminish the monopolistic stranglehold of the current two-party system on our government, by increasing the prominence and political "bargaining power" of "minority" parties and candidates.

Submitted by Richard Hoff in Government & Elections Dec. 17, 2014, 5:31 p.m.

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#1650

69 votes

Enact a major marketing campaign so that all media companies will donate equal space and time & time slots to all political candidates. Give them tax reductions or another incentive but get it done. That's the only way to stop elected officials from spending the peoples time fund raising.

Submitted by Lynne L T. from FL in Government & Elections Dec. 19, 2014, 6:45 p.m.

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#1658

68 votes

Make anyone in congress or the senate liable for any bill they sponsor regardless of who wrote it. If proven to give advantage to any business or group because of campain contributions or held a position in that field 10 years prior to being elected to office, shall be liable and removed from office and not allowed to hold a political office again in the US.

Submitted by Robert T. from ME in Government & Elections Jan. 5, 2015, 2:07 p.m.

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#1668

67 votes

Change law in regards to corruption. It is not corruption to simply take a bribe ie. Be given a small amount or large amount of money. Corruption occurs throughout the system. It should be rooted out to restore public faith in government. People don't bother to vote because they think the system is rigged. Judges, congressman and all elected officials can.be bought. This can be done from campaign donations to favors in terms of.jobs given to subordinates. There cannot be hints of impropriety.

Submitted by james in Government & Elections Dec. 11, 2014, 7:13 a.m.

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#1668

67 votes

Amend the U.S. Constitution to allow a NO CONFIDENCE VOTE to be cast in all Federal Elections. If NO CONFIDENCE gets more votes, then neither party is permitted to take office and the government is effectively placed into crisis mode until the majority of people can elect a party/platform that represents the majority of the people. This amendment will also work to discourage rank bribery of Federal candidates IF billionaires can't buy offices in the U.S. for fear of the No Confidence Vote.

Submitted by Mike A. in Government & Elections Dec. 19, 2014, 12:17 p.m.

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#1668

67 votes

One Presidency per family.

Submitted by Philip Stull in Government & Elections Dec. 28, 2014, 9:37 a.m.

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#1668

67 votes

Pass a Resolution in Congress stating that extreme interpretations of the Constitution violate its simple and direct language and lack public legitimacy thereby : Corporations are not 'persons', the 5th Amendment outlaws torture and the 4th outlaws mass spying. Nullification by any state is accepted in these cases, as a limit on Supreme Court extremism.

Submitted by Chris in Government & Elections Dec. 17, 2014, 10:14 p.m.

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#1668

67 votes

If an incumbent is reelected to his/her seat in congress they should serve a 4 year term. As it is now they are constantly "running" for office.

Submitted by Bruce in Government & Elections Dec. 10, 2014, 3:30 p.m.

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#1681

66 votes

Mandatory for Congress and Senate ................................ Drug and alcohol tests before every vote

Submitted by Duane W in Government & Elections Dec. 11, 2014, 10:53 a.m.

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#1681

66 votes

Create a site called Elections.gov. where citizens enter their address to reveal a list of all relevant elections from POTUS down to local school board. Each candidate name would serve as a link to that candidate's online presence. Political ads would be required to include the tagline, “This message was paid for by XYZ. Find complete information at Elections.gov.” This would greatly mitigate the power of unlimited spending, would survive the Sup. Ct, and make voter ed much easier.

Submitted by GoodThoughts.us in Government & Elections Dec. 10, 2014, 7:29 p.m.

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#1694

65 votes

Establish a new forum for lobbying and view as a conflict in interest. Make lobbying more transparent and public. Televise their activities and let the people have a say in the process. Publicize their proposals through an independent process separate from our political leaders and reinstate “REAL” accountability when they fail to comply.

Submitted by Jed Grover in Government & Elections Dec. 24, 2014, 11:18 a.m.

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#1694

65 votes

Pass the Electoral Reform Act of 2015 (easily found online) that includes all eleven points developed by Occupy and other activist stakeholders in 2011-2012. Anything less is cosmetic. NOTE: There is a move afoot to sponsor an Electoral Reform Summit of small party and independent leaders who would present a public Statement of Demand and make this the single issue for 2015 in time for 2016.

Submitted by RobertDavidSteele in Government & Elections Jan. 8, 2015, 10:40 a.m.

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#1694

65 votes

Congressional pay should be linked to their approval rating. If the avg. pay of congress is $175,000 per year, but if their approval rating is only 10%, Congress should only receive 10% of $175,000, making their adjusted pay $17,500 for that year...Maybe congress would do a better job if their pay was linked to their performance.

Submitted by Charlie B. from NJ in Government & Elections Dec. 11, 2014, 6:41 p.m.

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#1694

65 votes

No person should be disenfranchised because they cannot provide all of the required documents "cooked up" for the sole purpose of limiting the vote from certain folks when those votes are perceived by a particular party (the Republicans) to disadvantage their candidates!

Submitted by thecatlady in Government & Elections Jan. 6, 2015, 10:47 p.m.

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#1694

65 votes

Online voting for electing politicians and for FIRING corrupt politicians on the spot!

Submitted by zorro69 in Government & Elections Dec. 10, 2014, 3:43 a.m.

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#1708

64 votes

A framework for legislation to allow an option to repay student loans I recently wrote a framework for legislation to allow an option to repay student loans through a small additional payroll withholding called The People's Bill. You can find the framework on www.thepeoplesbill.com The legislation is about to be sponsored federally.

Submitted by Mitch Everts in Government & Elections Dec. 31, 2014, 2:25 p.m.

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#1708

64 votes

Every Board of Elections should have rolling classes in Civics that everyone needs to attend so everybody understands our system of government and all questions regarding voting could be answered.

Submitted by West Winds in Government & Elections Dec. 10, 2014, 1:42 p.m.

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#1708

64 votes

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