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Does the electorate

speak

through

a tally of individual choices

or as

a collaboration of individuals

with

shared opinions?

Is there interest in working to improve our civic circumstances?


Civics

Self governing is a blessing, yet a burden on the citizen. Together the burden may be lightened, so how can constituents organize to encourage civic participation while minimizing the costs, of time and effort, for each individual?

Some ideas on improving communications between constituents.

Coordinating communications through a friend of a friend (FOAF) network can quickly relay dialog between people that know each other; making it an independent, robust and inexpensive means to measure and report civilly supported priorities. As needed, in-person meeting could be held.

Publishing majoritively shared civic priorities provides legitimacy for deliberating with electeds on public policy, spending, and taxation.

Informed

An informed citizenry should be able to easily follow the flow of taxpayer dollars, all public meeting agenda items, and the administration of public safety/justice.

What are our shared expectations for taxpayer funded news?

Election Deadlines

  1. Candidate filing ends: 5:00 PM on Friday, May 29th.

    2. By the deadline, can we find candidates willing to prioritize and pursue consensus priorities?

  2. Early military voting starts: July 2nd.

    3. Can constituents organize enough to actively communicated with fellow constituents & candidates about our shared civic priorities?

Ensuring the Electorate’s Voice

Can precincts self-organize to provide, quarterly, updated shared civic priorities?

Do you want a State Senator or Representative with the following objectives?

  1. Starting now:
    1. Coordinate with constituents of precincts to identify current consensus priorities.
    2. Coordinate with electeds from precincts, tax entities, and the county to draft bills, ordinances, and resolutions.
    3. Coordinate with other legislators to build support for sponsored bills and resolutions.
    4. Coordinate with constituents to build statewide constituent support for bills and resolutions.
    5. At minimum, weekly reporting.
    6. Initial focuses:
      1. representation based on consensus priorities.
      2. improving access to public data.
      3. improve public understanding of policy-making.
      4. improve public understanding of legal/justice system & public safety.
      5. outline an adequate civic education curriculum.
      6. develop the means for real-time constituent consensus input during legislative and budget sessions.

Do you want County Officials/Tax Entity Representatives with similar objectives?