Voters should select their representatives, not the other way around. The two political parties have made a complete mess of our electoral process by corrupting it at its foundation. In an effort to make elections more about which side has the better ideas and to reduce the political divide in our country, I propose that the power to create voting districts be taken away from whatever partisan faction is in control and that voting districts be created by a "jury" of citizens tasked with creating political voting districts with only raw population data, no voter registration information, to work with.

Every four years the major media outlets have declared the winners in Federal elections before the polls in California, Alaska and Hawaii close. The votes in those states are marginalized by the already declared winner. There should be a election law that Major Media Outlets are prohibited from making any national projection until the polls in these western states are closed. They can report present, official vote totals when that individual state poll closes, but no national projection on the next President of the United States. (or lessor federal office)

250 million adults over the age of 18 living in the US, all having the opportunity to donate $3 to the general election campaign on their yearly tax return (x's 4 years, that a lot of money!) simply by ticking the little box on your return. Its paid by the government so your tax return doesn't change.

Our congresspeople are signing pledges to a lobbyiest that swears not to raise taxes under any circumstances, in spite of the fact that we have a ballooning deficit and polls show that most americans agree that we should both cut spending AND raise taxes to combat the deficit. These congresspeople are violating their oath of office and should be impeached!

I am very concerned about my Social Security Retirement Benefits and Health Insurance: Medicare/Medicaid. If Congress has the same concerns about their own retirement and health care, they will make the right choices for all of us.

Congress votes themselves special retirement systems, special health care systems, special pensions. They lose contact with the lives of the ordinary citizens they represent. I and many other folks are counting on Social Security benefits and Medicare/Medicaid to be there for us in our old age. If Congress must use this system, they will keep it in good working order!

In 2000, we saw that the man elected by the majority of the popular vote in America, LOST the election due to a shortage of electoral votes. The Electoral College is an anachronism, established back when communication between sates took days, even weeks. Now it is instantaneous. There is no need for it, and it can significantly skew election outcomes.

There is substantial proof of computer vote count rigging in several recent U.S. Elections, including the last Republican primaries won by Mitt Romney and the 2010 Congressional Elections won by landslide by Republican candidates. Therefore the Justice Department must order hand count of votes on all precincts, to verify computer vote count results, even if this means we will/have to vote:

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We limit the terms for our President. We should also limit the terms for Senators, and Congressmen/women. Some of these people get into office and plant themselves there. They get re-elected over and over, but they soon lose touch with what the people really want. We need to get people in these offices that care more about the American people, than gaining power, prestige, and money. If the Senators and Congressmen/women we have now are any example; WE NEED TO CLEAN HOUSE! For the past four years nothing has been accomplished because Republicans and Democrats alike have cared more about their personal agendas than what is BEST for ALL AMERICANS. I bet if we based their pay on how well the economy is doing, we'd have job growth, cheaper medical care, lower gas prices, etc... We need tighter regulations on the Senate and Congress, after all they do work for us, the American people.

We need to eliminate the rights of corporations to financially back political candidates. The two major parties spent nearly 1.75 BILLION DOLLARS vying for the presidency in 2012. Of that colossal number 278 MILLION DOLLARS came from individual and organization Super PACs. Undisclosed donor funds ("dark money") is estimated at 400 MILLION DOLLARS. Because of the Supreme Court's 2010 decision on Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, unions, corporations and nonprofit organizations are allowed to give unlimited funds toward their choice for president of the United States. This Supreme Court decision all but eliminates the democratic process. It must be vetoed by the people.

Can you sleep at night knowing that the Presidential candidates will not be able to change America for the better. The two-party system in America has essentially become a one-party system where both candidates support bailing out bankers and ongoing war. We can't change that in 2012, but we can still stand up once again as real Americans and make a statement with our vote.