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What do your referendums ask of the voters?
With these referenda, each voter can decide what citizens should do given the current of insecurity and economic decline.
This ref is asking voters to be decision makers. President Bush has asked for our support in his effort to wage war and tranfer our wealth to the top 1% of the nation. (The majority of our national tax cuts whent to the top 1%.) If we are unable to support him completely, he is at least asking for our acquiescence.
We in Secure Future believe that the ballot is the vehicle where these issues can be discussed and the support or oposition measured - rather than relying on polls that are poorly timed and unprofessional.
What circumstances prompted you to ask these questions?
When congressional representatives ignored the will of the people, I felt that the ballot process was the only place where each individual voter would be able to have their voice counted. So this time - you will be counted!
Our effort follows two 2002 mid-term election protest votes. One in rural Wisconsin and Boston, MA. Opponents of Bush's plans to attack Iraq hastily organized moderately successful write-in campaigns in these races to protest the votes that their congressional representatives cast giving the President the authority to attack Iraq. I felt these were novel campaigns that effectively captured both the political sentiment and the peoples tally at the same time.
How have people responded to this question?
Registered voters are excited to havethese on the ballot. They are relieved to have finally encountered an organized opposition to Bushs plans. These registered voters seem like they have been waiting for something like this for a while. They dont ask questions, they just convey a strength of commitment I haven't seen since the Harold Washington days. People who aren't registered are thrilled and enthusiastic to vote on this important issue.
What legal force does it have and if there is none, what kind of impact will it have on the political landscape?
Its already energized people. Its gotten us to widen our periscopes and look for opportunities to oppose Bush where we thought before none existed. Its making us think that we should be decision makers on our rights, our economy and our foreign policy.
When voters take these referenda seriously, they will naturally chose how they conduct themselves and look for foreign policies that increase security and prosperity. The answers are out there, we just need the political will, muscle and fortitude to implement them. These referenda are like political strength-training: will, muscle and fortitude will be built.
We will then be able to shape the circumstances of our lives and create a secure future for every American - and a secure future for the rest of our global citizens.
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Endorsed by the IVI-IPO & 49th Ward Org
1. Should the voters of this ward protect their constitutional rights by opposing President Bushs newly established executive power to secretly arrest and secretly imprison any citizen or immigrant?
2. Should the voters of this ward call upon the federal government to enact a jobs and economic stimulus program that (a) extends unemployment insurance (b) returns tax cuts for families with incomes between $10,500 and $26,650, (c) lowers the dollar to a sustainable level so that manufacturing jobs are created,(d) rebuilds Americas decaying infrastructure, and (e) meets the growing demand for skilled workers in healthcare, education and technology?
3. Should the voters of this ward support phasing in United Nations authority for Iraq and phasing out U.S. troops, and transferring the $66 billion in occupation costs to the process of debt cancellation for poor nations, starting with African countries devastated by AIDS, for the purpose of (a) applying the money toward healthcare and economic development rather than toward interest payments to international banks and private lenders and (b) becoming viable trading partners for our goods and services?
The Story of the People's Referendum, Feb 25th |
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