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    Convention of States to fix our elections.

    I was cruising the internet today and found an older story by The Young Turks. I know they are probably not popular with the right-leaning crowd here. They are usually vulgar people, even by my standards. It looks like Cenk Uygur started his own political action commitee in 2011, the Wolf-PAC, and it has one goal- making a large dent in election corruption.
    The Supreme Court cases of Citizens United and Buckley v. Valeo allow for the legal corruption of our elected officials through unlimited campaign spending. By getting State Legislatures to petition for a Convention of States, it would be possible to add an Amendment to the constitution, overruling the Court's decisions.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolf_PAC

    5 States have requested the Convention officially so far, while it has become back-burnered in others, and not considered at all by some. The above link has a rundown by State as to the progress, or lack thereof, has been.
    I checked the wording of several of the State's requests, and they are all very similarly worded. Here is the document from my home State:

    http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/bienni... elections.pdf

    The document clearly cites Citzens United as contary to free and fair elections by allowing the most wealthy a voice at the expense of the people's right to representation. It also seems the call for a Convention of States is limited to just this 1 issue of election reform, and the State's cite each other's calls for a Convention in their own requests. I am not sure if this would calm anyone's fear of 100 Amendments suddely being considered
    I thought I would post this in case anyone, right, left, or center, was sick of corrupt politicians and our fake-a$$ representation. Here is something to sweat your local State Legislators about when you feel like you have no voice and our elections are rigged.

    And their website doesn't say much, I had to dig to find the nitty-gritty. But here it is-

    https://www.wolf-pac.com/
    Last edited by RadioGod; 10-18-2018 at 10:59 PM.
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    How ironic, since 2011 the democrats have embraced voter fraud and actively assist and promote illegal immigrants to vote, like the article I posted last night about the Texas DNC which is under investigation.

    They want to flood our country with illegal immigrants and allow them to vote
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    Quote Originally Posted by Common View Post
    How ironic, since 2011 the democrats have embraced voter fraud and actively assist and promote illegal immigrants to vote, like the article I posted last night about the Texas DNC which is under investigation.

    They want to flood our country with illegal immigrants and allow them to vote
    If indeed the Texas DNC was actively trying to register undocumented people, they should be condemned and those responsible held legally liable. So far I haven't seen proof. Weren't people recently going on about the presumption of innocence?

    As to illegals voting, the numbers are so few that they are statistically irrelevant. It is something people often claim with no real evidence.

    The idea that liberals and the Democrats want to flood the country with illegal immigrants is just nonsense. Just another load of BS that appeals to the fear based voter.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Common Sense View Post
    If indeed the Texas DNC was actively trying to register undocumented people, they should be condemned and those responsible held legally liable. So far I haven't seen proof. Weren't people recently going on about the presumption of innocence?

    As to illegals voting, the numbers are so few that they are statistically irrelevant. It is something people often claim with no real evidence.

    The idea that liberals and the Democrats want to flood the country with illegal immigrants is just nonsense. Just another load of BS that appeals to the fear based voter.
    There is a reason many prominent democrats call for open borders. Is it so they can have cheap maids in their mansions?
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    And when he told Brad Raffensperger to implement “whatever the correct legal remedy is”, he meant fraud.

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    When Donald Trump said to protest “peacefully”, he meant violence.

    When he told protesters to “go home”, he meant stay for an insurrection.

    And when he told Brad Raffensperger to implement “whatever the correct legal remedy is”, he meant fraud.

    War is peace.

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    I think those 5 states that want the constitutional convention just to overturn Citizens United are all Democrat controlled states. The simplistic reason they want Citizens United overturned is because it provides the opportunity for folks with money to buy the amount of speech they can afford in counter to the national mainstream media's domination of the media and thereby the national debate and they're the free mouthpiece for the Democrat Party.
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    I am all for a Constitutional Convention. All for it. There at things we could tweak. For starters:

    1. Balanced Budget Amendment.
    2. Term limits.
    3. Limiting the commerce clause.
    4. Repealing the 17th Amendment.
    5. Strengthen the 2nd Amendment.
    6. Strengthen the Define Powers Clause.
    7. Eliminate the concept of anchor babies.
    8. Break up the Alabama Football Team.
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    Quote Originally Posted by DGUtley View Post
    I am all for a Constitutional Convention. All for it. There at things we could tweak. For starters:

    I could vote for all of that except maybe #8.

    1. Balanced Budget Amendment.
    2. Term limits.
    3. Limiting the commerce clause.
    4. Repealing the 17th Amendment.
    5. Strengthen the 2nd Amendment.
    6. Strengthen the Define Powers Clause.
    7. Eliminate the concept of anchor babies.
    8. Break up the Alabama Football Team.
    I could vote for all of that except maybe #8.
    Last edited by Robo; 10-19-2018 at 08:48 AM.
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    This is a step in the right direction to end corruption! I think there is a peaceful method of restoring thigs to normal, and this fits in with a peaceful method.
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    Quote Originally Posted by DGUtley View Post
    I am all for a Constitutional Convention. All for it. There at things we could tweak. For starters:

    1. Balanced Budget Amendment.
    2. Term limits.
    3. Limiting the commerce clause.
    4. Repealing the 17th Amendment.
    5. Strengthen the 2nd Amendment.
    6. Strengthen the Define Powers Clause.
    7. Eliminate the concept of anchor babies.
    8. Break up the Alabama Football Team.
    I'm in on #8!
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