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Prohibit all front-running transactions in the financial service industry, whereby banks review customer orders then place orders in advance to take advantage of this foreknowledge, subordinate the customer's interest, and manipulate the market.

Submitted by Timothy Salt in Government & Elections Dec. 16, 2014, 2:32 p.m.

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#1558

77 votes

All voting roll deletions (purges) must take place no less than 6 months prior to election day and must be reviewed by a panel of 6 auditors, 3 from each Party, which audit shall be conducted over 120 days, with ample time determined by the size of the purge. Additional auditors may be assigned, equally to each Party, for exceptionally large purges, such that no auditor is required to review more than 2,500 cases.

Submitted by Timothy Salt in Government & Elections Dec. 16, 2014, 2:21 p.m.

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#1558

77 votes

Move all Tuesday Elections to the Saturday before. Elections should be on a Saturday to increase both voter turn-out and diversity of volunteers at voting centers.

Submitted by sunny.dayz in Government & Elections Dec. 26, 2014, 12:29 p.m.

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#1558

77 votes

40 hour work weeks with a punch clock politicians must punch in daily and in person. At the end of the "work" week each politician must fill out a time sheet accounting for every second of the work week and post it to there website. This must include all time spent "dialing for dollars" as well as accounting for each and every spent with a lobbyist.

Submitted by mike b. from WI in Government & Elections Dec. 19, 2014, 12:06 a.m.

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#1569

76 votes

Tie Federal funds for communities to percentage of eligible voters who voted. 75% people vote, the community receives monies with no strings attached, make own decisions on how spent. Below 75% local funds are regulated and must be spent per government regulations. This encourages voting and community responsibility.

Submitted by CW in Government & Elections Dec. 9, 2014, 7:34 p.m.

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#1569

76 votes

Require all districts nationwide to have access to an adequate number of voting machines. Jail time for Secretaries of State and County/Town Clerks who do not provide and maintain an adequate number of voting machines.

Submitted by Timothy Salt in Government & Elections Dec. 16, 2014, 11:37 a.m.

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#1574

75 votes

A Constitutional Amendment to outlaw in the gravest terms possible oligarchy, plutocracy, corporatism, and every other means of using money to thwart, diminish and eliminate democracy.

Submitted by Timothy Salt in Government & Elections Jan. 10, 2015, 11:47 a.m.

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#1585

74 votes

In local elections, make it mandatory that the positions held by those running for office be made available to everyone. Where I live, ruraly, there is not even a local paper for viliage (city) , county and sometimes statewide. So people go in and have to vote blind. I have lived in large cities and this is not a problem, but out here in the country it is.

Submitted by GlennB in Government & Elections Dec. 20, 2014, 11:24 p.m.

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#1591

73 votes

Sue the do nothing congress for dereliction of duty. Bring equal justice for politicians who commit crimes of war and go free and then veterans who opposed the war and release them from jail and pardon them as well.l

Submitted by eli crow in Government & Elections Dec. 11, 2014, 2:15 a.m.

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#1591

73 votes

Endorsement of a manifesto for the 99 percent, the people of "We the People," whose voices are no longer heard by their political representatives or government.

Submitted by Bear in Government & Elections Dec. 26, 2014, 1:34 p.m.

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#1591

73 votes

Have voting begin at 6:00AM SATURDAY and close at 8:00PM on the east coast on SUNDAY.

Submitted by George C in Government & Elections Dec. 10, 2014, 7:47 p.m.

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#1591

73 votes

Low-Tech voting. Paper ballots and markers only. Hand-counted & logged on mechanical, not digital, adding machines. NO COMPUTERS INVOLVED AT ANY STEP OF THE PROCESS.

Submitted by KatWillow in Government & Elections Dec. 13, 2014, 4:05 p.m.

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#1591

73 votes

Have redistricting be done by a commission picked by lottery selection. This would be similar to jury duty, but pay would be higher to match the commissioner's current salary or another acceptable level. Employers would be forced to hold their job for them while the commissioners are in session. This would be similar to California's Redistricting Board.

Submitted by denton.murphy in Government & Elections Dec. 17, 2014, 12:20 a.m.

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#1591

73 votes

Bring back non-partisanship to congress and stop the total control by majority. We need a congress and senate that are willing to compromise for the good of citizens not to increase power for whatever party is in power.

Submitted by Carolyn in Government & Elections Dec. 15, 2014, 1:52 p.m.

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#1591

73 votes

Mandate congress Pledge to accept campaign contributions from registered USofA voters only. No monies from non-voters (eg PACs & Corps). Those who don't sign or accept non-USofA voter campaign funds are publically announcing they represent non-USofA voter interests which threatens the integrity of congress; the security of the nation. The sovereignty of the USofA (via its constitution) is placed in the hands of the voters.

Submitted by John K. from MI in Government & Elections Dec. 26, 2014, 9:04 p.m.

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#1591

73 votes

The number of congressional representatives for each state shall be determined by the number of actual voters in the most recent two congressional elections, instead of by the state's population. This change would give each state incentive to encourage voting, and a penalty for disenfranchisement. The measure of Apportionment can be changed by law, no constitutional amendment required.

Submitted by Kenneth S. from MA in Government & Elections Jan. 6, 2015, 10:27 a.m.

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#1605

72 votes

New Campaign Time Limits: Memorial Day to Halloween: Only a change in the election 'system' will rally disgusted voters back on Election Day. Ordinary citizens don't want less government. They want less campaigning. A clear,simple law that limits the length of public campaigns to those five months is the answer. It would also seriously shorten the amount of time money can be sent so more candidates can compete. And the the serious hurdle of passing a consitiutional amendment would be moot.

Submitted by Johanna B. from FL in Government & Elections Dec. 11, 2014, 3:57 p.m.

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#1605

72 votes

Eliminate all but two staff offices for all members of Congress, one in Washington and the other in his/her home state. For Senators, that would eliminate 4 offices per Senator or 400 offices (staffs, buildings, maintenance, benefits, etc.) For House Reps, that would eliminate 1 office per Rep. or 435 offices. The total for both would be 835 offices which would save trillions of dollars over time.

Submitted by Carl in Government & Elections Jan. 8, 2015, 3:06 p.m.

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#1624

71 votes

Provide public funding for congressional elections analogous to the one that already exists for presidential elections. It is constitutional and will solve the problem of money in politics. We need it now.

Submitted by Edib K. from MD in Government & Elections Dec. 12, 2014, 11:25 a.m.

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#1624

71 votes

Special interest should be non existent in Government. Special interest has worked it's way into Government. This creates under the counter deals to be made between Government and special interest.

Submitted by Jamie O. from NM in Government & Elections Dec. 11, 2014, 11:31 a.m.

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#1624

71 votes

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