Posted on 11/01/2024 9:41:11 AM PDT by alancarp
Proposed Amendment 28 of the United States Constitution.
Preamble: Whereas, the United States of America operates as a Republic and is governed by representatives who are elected by the people, it is therefore vital that all levels Government insure the integrity of all elections by these means:
1. ensuring that only eligible citizen voters participate;
2. ensuring that all eligible citizen voters have exactly one opportunity to participate in each election; and
3. ensuring the results reflect the intentions of the electorate to the highest accuracy possible.
Section 1: The ability to vote in any state or Federal elections is a privilege, available to those able to offer proof of United States citizenship, age, and the competency to declare their intentions on their own behalf.
Section 2: Every jurisdiction holding an election or any other function with the purpose of having constituencies vote for governing representatives shall ensure the following:
i. That all voters conform to the voting laws within their jurisdiction.
ii. That all voters present a form of government-issued identification that positively establishes their identity, age, and citizenship status in order to vote or to obtain ballots to vote in absentia.
iii. That no voter completes more than one ballot in any single election.
iv. That no person completes a ballot on behalf of another person, excepting those physically unable to do so. Such persons may designate a single representative to act on their behalf by means of legal proxy.
v. That all votes cast accurately reflect the selections of each eligible voter.
vi. That individual voter records never become public.
vii. That all voting records are maintained until at least one calendar year after all election results are legally satisfied.
Section 3: All governing jurisdictions failing to enforce the provisions given in Section 2 may be subject to sanctions including but not limited to fines, imprisonment, or the nullification of election results.
Any individual person found violating any of the provisions of Section 2 will be guilty of a felony, and subject to the appropriate penalties.
Relief may be sought by anyone harmed by failure to enforce these provisions, including individual voters and candidates of the jurisdiction.
Legal claims against any election for violation of these provisions must be filed promptly, within 30 days of any election, notwithstanding any competing ordinances. Such claims must originate in the court of appropriate jurisdiction.
Section 4: The Congress and local jurisdictions shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.
My Amendment: Senators shall be libel to recall by a vote of the People of a State, won by referendum. A new Special Election shall then be held in that State.
I suggest a veteran’s clause.
veterans get a pass on citizenship proof, and all othet legal requirements per this amendment.
I would be in favor of such if they can prove harm (and yeah - there are clearly scenarios for that). Would instantly move into SCOTUS for such claims.
Needs photo ID.
Felons or those in prison, can’t vote.
This would disproportionately hurt the Democrats, so there is no way it could get a two-thirds vote in both houses of Congress, or be ratified by three fourths of the states.
Problem is the dems are using military service even now to skirt immigration laws. The Romans found out the hard way what illegal aliens getting a pass for military service means.
I would suggest the records be maintained in perpetuity. There is no shortage of digital storage space. 180 million records cannot be scrutinized with other than electronic means. Whatever we pass, bad actors like Elias, with the help of AI will design a workaround that fits within the law after several trips to a friendly judge. Without archival records, it will be impossible to discern the evolving shenanigans in a timely manner.
I agree with other replies which call for a definitive definition of "citizen." We should also figure out a methodology to involve the SSA into this. Their records show exactly that individual SSN's are being used by multiple people, probably in different states. Use of these numbers is likely validating illegal voters.
Well, as soon as you add the requirement to "prove harm", you're right back into the usual standing analysis. And the general rule is that one state can't prove harm based on how another state chose to conduct its own elections.
That's why you need explicit standing built into the law/amendment
**Senators shall be libel to recall by a vote of the People of a State, won by referendum.**
These 6 year terms are ripe for a liar with a silver tongue. We’ve seen it on occasion. They might call it a Profile in Courage.
My suggestion. After serving 4 years every senator needs a vote of confidence by his own party in that years’ primary. In November the assigned party gets to pick who finishes out the term.
The Constitution limits its "interference" into state elections only regarding qualifications for office (e.g., age of Congress members, age/residency/natural born for President, age of "electors").
Beyond that, elections are state affairs. See my dedicated post on your overall topic.
-PJ
Don’t forget paper ballots.
Won’t happen
IIRC-—CURRENT LAW requires all election records be maintained for at least 22 months.....
My comments and suggestions are below.
Whereas, the United States of America operates as a Republic of sovereign States and is governed by representatives who are elected by the People, it is therefore vital that all levels government aid the several states by endorsing election integrity efforts of all elections by these means:
- ensuring that only eligible citizen voters participate;
- ensuring that all eligible citizen voters have exactly one opportunity to participate in each election;
and- ensuring the results reflect the intentions of the electorate to the highest accuracy possible
.; and- ensuring that violations of this amendment are prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.
The ability to vote in anystate or Federalelectionsis a privilege, available to those able to offer proof of United States citizenship, age, and the competency to declare their intentions on their own behalf.
Every jurisdiction holding an election or any other function with the purpose of having constituencies vote for governing representatives shall ensure the following:
- That all voters conform to the voting laws within their jurisdiction.
- That all voters present a form of government-issued identification that positively establishes their identity, age, and citizenship status in order to vote or to obtain ballots to vote in absentia.
- That no voter completes more than one ballot in any single election.
- That no person completes a ballot on behalf of another person, excepting those physically unable to do so. Such persons may designate a single representative to act on their behalf by means of legal proxy.
- That all votes cast accurately reflect the selections of each eligible voter.
- That individual voter records never become public.
- That all voting records are maintained until at least one calendar year after all election results are legally satisfied.
All governing jurisdictions failing to enforce the provisions given in Section 2 may be subject to sanctions including but not limited to fines, imprisonment, or the nullification of election results.Any individual person found violating any of the provisions of Section 2 will be guilty of a felony, and subject to the appropriate penalties.
Relief may be sought by anyone harmed by failure to enforce these provisions, including individual voters and candidates of the jurisdiction.
Legal claims against any election for violation of these provisions must be filed promptly,
within 30 days of any electionno earlier than 60 days before voting begins and no later than 30 days after voting ends, notwithstanding any competing ordinances. Such claims must originate in the court of appropriate jurisdiction.
Whenever any State has held an election for the purpose of choosing electors to the Electoral College, and has failed to make a choice on the day prescribed by law, the electors may be appointed on a subsequent day in such a manner as the legislature of such State may direct.
The Congress andThe several States have sole jurisdiction over their own elections and shall have the power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.
-PJ
Who is going to pay for all of this?
Doesn’t Section I of the 14th Amendment define U.S. citizenship?
“All people born or naturalized in the United States are citizens of the country and the state where they live.”
Define ‘naturalized’.
You misquoted the 14th Amendment, and left out a most important phrase.
All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the state wherein they reside.
In other words, foreigners cannot give birth here and claim citizenship of their child.
No computer voting. Everything done on optical scanned ballots. That way way, they can be counted automated or manually by sight if needed.
2.viii: No ballot shall be printed in any language other than English.
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