Evolve the Democratic Process for Better Representation

To:  State of Arizona

Democracy needs to evolve. Technology enables us to do this. Currently, Candidates are pushed on the public like products and are less about representation.

This petition is to support a new law governing Campaigns and Campaign Advertising.

Specific components will be:
1. Campaigns will have a set start date.
2 A limit will be imposed on the percentage of negative campaigning that can exist in a campaign.
3. Before the campaign start dates, public forums will be held where the public, eligible to vote or not, puts forth questions to be answered by the candidates.
4. A Standards Committee consisting of non-governmental citizens will be assembled via the Jury Duty process to summarize the majority of the public's questions. The committee also sets an allowable deviation for each question.
5. In order to begin campaigning, candidates must answer all the questions forwarded by the Standard's Committee.
6. The questions and answers will be readily accessible to the public.
7. If, after being elected, a candidate deviates, more than allowed by the committee, from their answers they are immediately held for an impeachment trial and breach of representation.

Democracy is about representation. The current process alienates, polarizes and shrinks the voting public. We are not consumers when it comes to having our views stood for. A candidate should be elected because they represent the public not because they are the more popular celebrity during campaign season.

Sign this petition

Sincerely,

The Undersigned

The Evolve the Democratic Process for Better Representation Petition to State of Arizona was created by and written by Mike Benton (mike@mikebenton.org).  This petition is hosted here at www.PetitionOnline.com as a public service. There is no endorsement of this petition, express or implied, by Artifice, Inc. or our sponsors. For technical support please use our simple Petition Help form.

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