How do you submit a bill to be voted on by the public because the politicians would screw it up.?
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If your state has a petition/referendum process like California, then you can bring just about any issue to the ballot of the next election. Just make sure that you have it checked for technicalities and legalities by some experts and lawyers before getting petitions.
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should be something in place whereas "X" amount of votes are discounted/removed from any running politician that in any way lies/is deceptive about their competitior.  would clean things up.
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www.congress.org ... go there and make yourself heard!  Second box in center of page says "Take Action," then enter your zip code under "Write Elected Officials."  This will give you options that are easy to follow and you can say everything you want to and demand to know what your Representatives intend to do about it ... and, more importantly, what you intend to do with your votes the next election.\n\nIt's time for all of us to STOP BEING APATHETIC and START BEING PROACTIVE.\n\nIt's past time for another Revolution ~ this one with no weapons other than words and determination.\n\nADD ON:\n\nRegarding the rallying cry, that's certainly not a bad one, but i think the issues are beyond the President; i think it involves all elected officials.  What about "Throw the b*st*rd OUT!" ... that might get the attention of all of them if they knew we were about to exercise our power to do just that.
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Make a petition.  Write to the politicians.  Tell the news
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This is because they are private members bills.\n\nMajor legislation and public generated bills will be "tabled" in the house and debated at length.  The final results will be presented\nto the public.
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elcetions are the best way. Nothing makes you authority more legitimite than beeing chosen by the people. After free elections of course.
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Yes they can make any law they want. They often do. We vote them in we can vote them out, but this doesn't appear to do the trick either in many instances. It it my opinion that the corrupt corrupt others, so it is a never ending cycle. Many people have given up, so it mekes their ability to "do what they want" easier.
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First you go and get a petition signed and get X number of signatures. To find out how many look up your state online. (Google it!) Then after you do that send it in to the house of represenatives. After you've completed that task and they say you're in this or that party (you choose), you then campaign. BUT if you aren't known to your whole state as a big business CEO or a business owner, then you might want to save yourself the embarassment.
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Write a petition, get everybody to sign it, and send it to your congressman.  LOL - a lot of good it would do.
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If citizens voted on all of the issues, what would Congress do?  They're put in office to represent their district's votes.  If people voted on every issue (good luck with that), then it makes Congress useless.
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The vote is not for you, but for the politicians, who are in power. The potential effect of regular voting is continuously in the mind of the politicians. They have to worry about their image all the time. Everything they do or fail to do could get their ratings down and that would soon be the end of their political career. So please vote, and in doing so, keep the politicians alert.
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You don't vote on it. Congress does. Write or call your congress people.
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You can't !!! You don't have the financial resources plus the fact that the government controls almost every aspect of our lives in one way or another. If you want things to improve you must VOTE and encourage all your friends to VOTE as well.
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You need to get a ton of people to believe what you believe. Then you get them to sign a petition. Send that to the Super-intendents office. \n\nIf that doesn't work, then send the same petition to your local congressman.\n\nGood luck!
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Also you can try the link below.  A Great Big WOOO-HOOOO to you.  Thanks for helping spread the word!  It is so easy to contact the correct lawmaker for your district.
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Dear Friend,\n\nThe only way to change a law is to get a new law passed.  You need to find a member of the state legislature who will support your point of view.  Try to think which party would more likely support this change.  Then start writing to members of that party in the state legislature.\n\nYour Friend,\nFrancesois
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Sometimes that is the best vote you have.  Or even a write-in for someone you think would be good at the job, even if they are not running for it.  But you also need to consider "minority" parties.  Remember that both of the two major parties were once minority parties.  The change has to come from somewhere.\n\nVote Libertarian for a change.