I believe you have it right. Here is my plan:
1.) Publicly post on web the names of everyone in my county who is required to take the Oath of Office. A FOIA request and other means will generate the names and office held.
2.) Provide an online examination for them to complete or ignore at will. Completion strengthens their standing in the eyes of informed voters. Ignorance or laziness is a tacit confession of, or may be construed as incompetence, evasion, or ill-will toward fidelity.
3.) Make provision for them to state their case however they wish when it comes to policies they want to adopt as a way of forwarding the common good.
The net effect for my County, anyway, is a “one stop shop” for citizens to check candidates out before the vote. I will not vote for a local candidate who refuses the exams, and I will let them know that clearly.
Accountability should not wait until they are elected
“Here is my plan:”
What I think you are taking about already exists and it is a debate. Also, there are leaflets sent out in some states, mine does, that gives the history and has a statement from the candidate in it mailed to registered voters. There are also town halls and dinners to ask the candidates their opinion on certain topics.
But you have to get people to read and go to these and like in our state, the liberals vote lockstep and the entire state is controlled by two counties, King and Pierce, both in western Washington, and both blatanly liberal.
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