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.
That's all well and good, but it's being largely ignored with respect to the evident Citizenship requirement. This proposal -- yeah, I know: it obviously has no shot with Democrats -- is crafted to require integrity in the election process... with teeth to back it up. It is intended to provide a means to enforce the 26th along with providing permanent protection for elections.
Constructive suggestions welcomed.
Well written .
It would be a useless amendment. The ones enforcing it would dictate the terms, and we’d have what we currently have if that were the Dems.
An amendment that set the voting age to 24, allowed only property owners to vote, forbade those on the dole a vote.
Too many amendments already. We need to erase a few. One gave us prohibition another repealed it if I’m right.
“ability to vote in any state or Federal elections is a privilege”
Your amendment says privilege but there are multiple references in the constitution to the right to vote.
Elections are not federal.
The Feds cannot tell my town how to run its election.
Seems redundant if we have the 26th amendment already?
It’s a good dream list, but the problem isn’t law, it is the lack of education and its empowerment of the crooked media.
From what little I know, this is not well written.
Try passing this as an act of Congress first.
You cant legislate patriotism. It just wont work.
Agree, though I’d argue a ‘right’ with restrictions (such as age, living in a particular jurisdiction, etc.) becomes a privilege. Additionally, the ‘right’ has morphed through the years: starting with free males only at least 21 years of age, then adding all males, then adding women, and finally adding those 18+. I therefore liken it to the ‘privilege’ of driving a vehicle.
All that said, I’d happily change that if it could get done.
Nothing stipulates the definition of “citizen”.
I'd argue that they already do in some basic ways: no jurisdiction allows 14 year old to vote, for instance. We're _supposed_ to enforce citizen-only rules, too. Adding a uniform set of basic integrity requirements would level the playing field nationwide... that's the intent.
Thought about that.. I believe it's covered sufficiently by existing laws... and the 26th amendment doesn't expressly define it, either.
“I believe it’s covered sufficiently by existing laws”
It isn’t. Anchor babies are not supposed to count in the 14th.
As noted, the citizenship portion of the 26th is being ignored; the intent here is to give it teeth.
Would be much easier, for sure.
Fair. I originally was gonna add sections for this definition and to also iron-clad-enforce that requirement on Federally elected officials (President, VP, AND Congress), but I got way too long-winded on the rest of it.
Forgot No mail-in ballots and paper ballots retained.
Any amendment such as this has to include a provision giving any state standing to bring an action under it, even against another state.
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