"The Candidate Qualification, Recall and Election Reform Bill "
For presentation to the US Congress for the purposes of preventing ballot access by unqualified
Candidates and establishing accountability of elected officials.
Section 1
Qualification criteria
This bill proposes that certain criteria qualify those who may serve as elected officials, and
that some acts disqualify or serve as a basis to remove from public office any previously
elected or appointed officials (judges) or representatives.
Qualifiers:
Has served honorably in the military, elected office, civil service, as an educator,author, or
noted expert in a field which is fundamental to realization of the five core purposes listed in
the Preamble to the US Constitution. (Establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide
for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to
ourselves and our posterity)
Disqualifiers:
Has called for or voted for a war of aggression. (Last 5 presidents and members of Congress except
Barbara Lee).
Has promoted extrajudicial killings by drone warfare, other assassination, or interfered miltarily
in the domestic politics of foreign nations. ( e.g G.W. Bush, Obama, H. Clinton, D.Trump, Congress except for those who voted against.)
Has ruled that corporations are people. (SCOTUS Justices Kennedy, Roberts, Alito, Thomas -
also the late Scalia).
Has propagated slander or used ethnic scapegoating in regard to any group of US citizens or protected immigrants including ethnic or religious minorities, those seeking political asylum or refugees from climate based or other natural disaster. (Trump, Biden ) .
Has engaged in business dealings with foreign governments which establish a conflict of
interest in representing US national interest as head of state. [ Trump, Biden]
Has voted for or signed legislation which subverts the constitutionally protected right to
privacy of US citizens. [e.g. NDAA - G.W. Bush, Obama, H. Clinton, Congress except for
those who voted against.]
Has targeted whistleblowers, who act in the public interest, with threats, administrative or legal
action. [G.W. Bush, Obama, H. Clinton, D. Trump, J. Biden]
Section 2
90 Day Probationary Period, Recall and New Elections triggered
Beginning in the general election of 2024 and thereafter in every subsequent public election, a
new electee who has met the standards in Section 1 above, and has assumed office shall
further be subject to a 90 Day probationary period during which his or her job performance is
evaluated. A national (for President/VP) or district-wide (for Congress) vote of confidence
will then determine the continuation or termination of the probationers tenure.
As part of this review, a Review Panel composed in equal parts of:
(1) College or trade school students,
(2) Parents of school age children,
(3) Retired persons,
(4) Combat Veterans and active duty rank E-3 through E-6,
(5) Unemployed persons ages 18-62,
(6) Non-citizen US residents,
(7) Currently incarcerated persons,
shall research, interview and compile a report with noted accomplishments and deficiencies. This review shall be made available to the public prior to the end-of-probationary-period vote.
Judicial nominees to fill vacant Supreme Court positions will be solicited from the state legislatures.
Only those nominees who swear to rule against any suit which proposes that non-persons
or legal fictions are people or have rights of speech or any other rights that compete with
rights of actual human citizens will be accepted..
(Westminster system) A simple majority no confidence vote of Congress will trigger a new
elections.
(Westminster system) If, in the course of Congressional proceedings, a federal budget
bill fails to pass on schedule, a new election will be prompted.
Section 3
Voting Method and Election Reform
Open primaries will henceforth be used in all elections in all states. No voting machines which have been shown to be susceptible to tampering will be used. All votes shall be stored in an auditable paper record. This record will be maintained for a period of five years.
Each state will adopt a system of universal automatic voter registration using
thumbprint verification as part of a national voter ID base which automatically updates
address information upon change of driver’s license or payroll address.
No election shall be deemed legitimate which cannot pass an audit. A recount (audit) can be
required by the simple request of any candidate securing 2% or more of the vote, or by action
of the FEC, having probable cause or evidence of suspected tampering, or by a 30% or greater
endorsement in a subsequent Citizens Quarterly Policy Referendum vote (see below).
No electors in the Electoral College may cast a vote for a presidential or vice presidential, who violates the standards of this Act.
In addition to general elections, probationary, recall, no-confidence and budget impasse
elections, a Citizen’s Quarterly Policy Referendum vote will be held at each
solstice and equinox, to provide timely updates by the electorate to their executive and
legislative representatives. Selection of topics to be voted on in the CQPR will be determined by
meeting a 30% endorsement criteria among respondents notified in the month preceding the election
date, but no later than one week prior to the the election except in the case of emergency
issues which seriously impact the region or the nation. The results of such referenda on each
topic will stand as equal to that of a representative’s vote, such that if they are opposite, a vote
of abstain will be recorded. The purpose of this CQPR is to allow votes on issues which affect
a significant share of the electorate, but for which a petition campaign for ballot access would
be unduly expensive or time consuming, and/or to prompt an audit of a previously held
election.