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This Man Wants to Become President, Pass One Law, and Resign. You Should Support Him.
Why it makes sense to support a candidate who vows to straighten out democracy and then quit.
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Sounds like a great idea, but he might be better off leading a political movement to establish the law he wants to.
He’s done that. He turned it over to Zephyr Teachout last month.
"the Citizen Equality Act, which would implement three reforms to the political system. First, it would guarantee the “equal right to vote” by enhancing the power of the federal government to control how states conduct elections, requiring states to provide for online or automated voter registration, and shifting Election Day to a national holiday."
Not sure how handing more power to the federal government is going to help. I think this will just centralize the corruption in one spot. And how would this even get passed by a Congress that loves the current system where they stay in office forever?