Item Twenty
Voting Style
The People will decide about which voting style will be used. “Ranked Choice” does seem to be superior method, because of greater inclusiveness of more of those running for office and their respective parties and platforms. It is thought that a Better “Representation” is achieved with “Ranked Choice”, with a corresponding lessening of “disenfranchisement” of classes or ideological elements of Our Diverse Society. The People Will decide.
For a thorough explanation of “Ranked Choice Voting”, please refer to the following web sites:
http://www.usparliament.org/... A site that has advocated and practiced this method since 1997.
Item Twenty-One
We The American People, as Individuals Of Good Character, acting in the greatest possible majority unison for Our Direct Democracy Nation, will be the final voter deciders of the policies and laws of Our Nation.
Each state shall present an accurate and Truthful expression of the Will of its Populace through “The Accumulated Individual Vote”.
Item Twenty-Two
To fear the unjust and unfair control and influence of states comprising larger territories and populations, is not warranted, due to the increasingly Better desire of Justice and Fairness, for Our Nation. It is the Individual Collective National Will Of The American People regarding Our Whole Nation, that is sought.
Item Twenty-Three
Citizens of one part of the country will not make decisions for Citizens of another part of the country, (communities, counties and states) unless such is necessary for the National Common Welfare, or “harm” is being committed and cannot be corrected by a specific cultural locality. “Harm” is unacceptable to a Better America. “Harm” in this context, needs to be satisfactorily defined.
Item Twenty-Four
The State Governance Organizations
The States, as sub-sovereign political and social units within the Direct Democracy United States Of America, will design and operate their own governance bodies. To a point, due to regional, historical and cultural differences, each American State, will vary some in its style of Direct Democracy Governance. A “Standard” has to be built and maintained, regarding just how far State Governance differences are acceptable.
When vacancies happen in the Volunteer Advisory Representation Houses from any State, the American People of that State, will vote replacements in.
If the necessary state governance competence is curtailed, for some reason, then a National Vote will be called for by the House in question, or by “The Eyes Of The People”. The organization and maintenance of State Legislative Bodies is only addressed by National Governance when those organizations, or part of them, is disrupted and rendered incompetent by some social, political or natural cataclysmic event.
Intention
The Intention of Item Twenty-Four is to afford flexibility into this Direct Democracy System. As a general rule as much diversity and difference as possible and workable should be included. America must become as adept, in the utilization of the Many Paths of Its Diversity as it can.
Balanced against this goal, the various elements of Our Society and Nation MUST maintain PEACE! We MUST NOT seek harmful advantage over the other elements, or any number of them. We must NOT tolerate any violations of American National Harmonious Cultural Diversity!
No practices that cause unjust “harm” to Individuals , or “groups”, should be allowed in Our Laws.
Item Twenty-Five
The “American Volunteer House Of The People”, (perhaps including the Home Front System) the “Third House Of Congress”, shall choose their Speaker and other Officers; and shall have the sole Power of Impeachment and Recall within their own House. The other two Advisory Volunteer Houses and the “Eyes Of The People”, of Our Direct Democracy Government will provide expert opinion, regarding impeachment and recall.
The other two Advisory Volunteer Houses of Congress, shall choose, from amongst their number, their own officers and their “Speaker”.
Item Twenty-Six
The “Eyes Of The American People”, a special volunteer watchful body of dedicated American Citizens, established out of the Volunteer House Of The American People and the “National American Citizen Deliberation and Voter Network” will diligently observe, the Work of Our New Direct Democracy System, including the members and the work of the American Volunteer Advisory Senate and the American Volunteer Advisory House Of Representatives and the “American Volunteer House Of The American People”. This watchfulness for the purpose of monitoring and ensuring the continuous Direct Democracy Governance integrity and responsibilities of these honored advisory and decision making bodies. The “Eyes Of The American People” are the Watch Dogs and Witnesses of the success and failures of Our Direct Democracy Nation.
There are certain limitations, placed on this social diligence that stems from Our New American Bill Of Rights, presented in Part 2 of this suggested New Constitution. The “Eyes Of The People” will respect these limitations and function within the moral and ethical mandates indicated by them.
Item Twenty-Seven
Reciprocally, it will be the responsibility of the Three Houses Of Governance to “keep a watchful eye” on the “Eyes Of The People” too. For the sake of Our Nation, “Seek to See Everything”. We must learn to welcome being looked at in Public, for the sake of the “Well Being” and “General Welfare of Our Nation”.
Item Twenty-Eight
Because of the World of Humanity being what it is, there will be a need for invisibility and secrecy regarding American Self Defense, but certain kinds of weapons and certain methods of warfare will not be condoned, or used by Us…and We must ever seek to destroy these horrors, wherever We find them on Earth.
Item Twenty-Nine
We must ever be on guard against the increase of the “lesser nature” of Our Species. We must become adept at recognition and correction of these inferior traits of Our Kind. Be especially watchful of the lower principles and practices of capitalism and its effects on Us as well as certain genetic psychotic “weaknesses” that We might decide is not worthy of the New American Vision. This is treacherous social ground and should be explored with Our Highest Moral Values. The People will decide.
Item Thirty
We must also learn to recognize and counter “below standard” thinking and behavior, as it emerges into, or enters, Our Culture from other cultures, or arising out of Our Own. We do not build “Our Brave New Nation”, just to have it undermined by “inferior” cultural traits that might be, or would be, devolutionary and/or unbalancing. At the same time We must be “strong” in tolerance of differences that “enhance” Our Multi-Cultural Society. The “Art Of Cultural Balance” is to be learned here, by Us.