To: Mike Trout, President Donald Trump, The Florida State House, The Florida State Senate, Governor Ron DeSantis, The United States House of Representatives, and The United States Senate
Raise the BAR :: Ballot Access Reform :: and Elevate Debate
Greetings Mr President, Governor, US Senators and Representatives, and State Legislators:
Ballot access for average citizens is prohibitive. Qualifying fees are too high, and petition targets too high for those who might attempt to qualify by the petition method. The People should not be locked out of the opportunity to serve.
I, the undersigned, hereby petition that you take up the issue of Ballot Access Reform, and make adjustments to the system to open the opportunity to serve to those who would seek it.
Elevate Debate :: As the People demand that money be removed as the primary and central driver of our Elections, we petition you to legislate a return to the process that was historically at the heart and center of Democracy, which is the process of Debate. In Florida, with 67 Supervisors of Elections managing multi-million dollar budgets, it seems reasonable to charge these offices with the organizing and administration of a program of Debates, for the benefit of the voters, to be held in public places, and to be filmed and archived to be made publicly accessible through the Internet throughout the Election Cycle.
Candidates should be required to participate in a minimum number of direct debates with their opponents, at prescribed intervals in the Current Campaign Election Cycle, or face disqualification from the ballot.
If a candidate has a specific legislative agenda and specific proposals, that candidate shall be required to present that specific legislative agenda and proposals in their campaign literature, and on campaign websites that are published to inform the voters.
Ballot access for average citizens is prohibitive. Qualifying fees are too high, and petition targets too high for those who might attempt to qualify by the petition method. The People should not be locked out of the opportunity to serve.
I, the undersigned, hereby petition that you take up the issue of Ballot Access Reform, and make adjustments to the system to open the opportunity to serve to those who would seek it.
Elevate Debate :: As the People demand that money be removed as the primary and central driver of our Elections, we petition you to legislate a return to the process that was historically at the heart and center of Democracy, which is the process of Debate. In Florida, with 67 Supervisors of Elections managing multi-million dollar budgets, it seems reasonable to charge these offices with the organizing and administration of a program of Debates, for the benefit of the voters, to be held in public places, and to be filmed and archived to be made publicly accessible through the Internet throughout the Election Cycle.
Candidates should be required to participate in a minimum number of direct debates with their opponents, at prescribed intervals in the Current Campaign Election Cycle, or face disqualification from the ballot.
If a candidate has a specific legislative agenda and specific proposals, that candidate shall be required to present that specific legislative agenda and proposals in their campaign literature, and on campaign websites that are published to inform the voters.
Why is this important?
Ballot access for average citizens to become candidates is prohibitive. Qualifying fees are too high, and petition targets too high for those who might attempt to qualify by the petition method. The People should not be locked out of the opportunity to serve.
I, the undersigned, hereby petition that you take up the issue of Ballot Access Reform, and make adjustments to the system to open the opportunity to serve to those who would seek it.
Elevate Debate :: As the People demand that money be removed as the primary and central driver of our Elections, we petition you to legislate a return to the process that was historically at the heart and center of Democracy, which is the process of Debate. In Florida, with 67 Supervisors of Elections managing multi-million dollar budgets, it seems reasonable to charge these offices with the organizing and administration of a program of Debates, for the benefit of the voters, to be held in public places, and to be filmed and archived to be made publicly accessible through the Internet throughout the Election Cycle.
Candidates should be required to participate in a minimum number of direct debates with their opponents, at prescribed intervals in the Current Campaign Election Cycle, or face disqualification from the ballot.
If a candidate has a specific legislative agenda and specific proposals, that candidate shall be required to present that specific legislative agenda and proposals in their campaign literature, and on campaign websites that are published to inform the voters.
REGARDING THE AUTHORITY OF PETITION
"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances." - SOURCE :: FIRST AMENDMENT, UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION
I, the undersigned, hereby petition that you take up the issue of Ballot Access Reform, and make adjustments to the system to open the opportunity to serve to those who would seek it.
Elevate Debate :: As the People demand that money be removed as the primary and central driver of our Elections, we petition you to legislate a return to the process that was historically at the heart and center of Democracy, which is the process of Debate. In Florida, with 67 Supervisors of Elections managing multi-million dollar budgets, it seems reasonable to charge these offices with the organizing and administration of a program of Debates, for the benefit of the voters, to be held in public places, and to be filmed and archived to be made publicly accessible through the Internet throughout the Election Cycle.
Candidates should be required to participate in a minimum number of direct debates with their opponents, at prescribed intervals in the Current Campaign Election Cycle, or face disqualification from the ballot.
If a candidate has a specific legislative agenda and specific proposals, that candidate shall be required to present that specific legislative agenda and proposals in their campaign literature, and on campaign websites that are published to inform the voters.
REGARDING THE AUTHORITY OF PETITION
"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances." - SOURCE :: FIRST AMENDMENT, UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION