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Thread #74743   Message #1307736
Posted By: GUEST
26-Oct-04 - 12:42 PM
Thread Name: BS: Indie & 3rd Partyites: Who Loses This Yr
Subject: RE: BS: Indie & 3rd Partyites: Who Loses This Yr
A constitutional amendment would greatly speed up the state-by-state process Nerd. We've amended the Constitution plenty of times, and that was back in the horse and buggy days. I think we can handle it today.

The corrupt incumbency system is really only a major factor at the federal level. I'm not saying it doesn't exist at the local level, but it hasn't been corrupted by money the way the federal system has, so it actually would be much easier to get this rolling at the grassroots level, and single issue vote out anyone who won't support the constitutional amendment at the local level.

Voters have more leverage, even today, than you are allowing for IMO, Nerd.