The New Dark Age

17 February 2012 — William John Cox

My recent articles have concerned a matter of critical national importance – the ability of American voters, of every party, to control their own government. The last, Transformation: Effectuating Democracy by a Voters’ Rights Amendment has been widely circulated and can be viewed at:

http://www.thevoters.org/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=117

A Call to Action:

I urge your support of a Voters’ Rights Amendment to the Constitution of the United States.

Background:

The bipartisan outrage over the Supreme Court’s decision in Citizens United has led to a number of proposals to reverse it through an amendment to the U.S. Constitution. The best known of these is the effort by Move to Amend, which restricts constitutional rights to natural persons only and which disallows the equation of money and free speech.

Problem:

The Move to Amend proposal is a good start; however it does not go far enough. In fact, after a long and difficult amendment process, it only returns the electoral process to where it was the day before the court decision. It simply restores the status quo.

Solution:

The Voters’ Rights Amendment (VRA) includes the Move to Amend proposal, but goes further to clearly establish that the right to cast an effective vote is an inherent right under the Constitution, and in addition, it provides for a national paid voting holiday, a national hand-countable paper ballot, and a process for the people to have a more direct role in the formulation of public policy. Finally, it prohibits voter suppression.

Consequence:

The VRA will result in a transformation of the U.S. government into a more representative democracy in which the power of money and corporations will be curtailed and the power of the people will prevail.

Actions:

Please forward this and the article as widely as possible; print and circulate the attached flyer; personally endorse the VRA and obtain the support of your organizations; and reply to this email and tell me that we stand together.

I have never before asked for help, but I fear the time is short and all will be lost if we do not take control of our government now.

In Struggle,

William John Cox

u2cox@msn.com
http://www.VotersEvolt.com
http://www.USVRA.us
http://WilliamJohnCox.com