The Big Ideas Project

Don't allow lobbies to influence our lawmakers. All discussions to be in a public forum, by private individuals, nothing behind doors.

Submitted by Arthur G. from CA in Government & Elections Dec. 10, 2014, 3:15 p.m.

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#858

194 votes

Allow for third Party in Presidential debates. End the current two Party monopoly where the RNC and DNC control Presidential debates. We The People need to hear different ideas outside of the same old, same old two Parties.

Submitted by no in Government & Elections Dec. 10, 2014, 4:35 p.m.

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#864

193 votes

Online Voting. Create a simple, secure online voting platform. If you can pay for things online and be secure surely you can vote online securely. Using multiple forms of authentication, this should be as easy as anything else you do online. We need to modernize democracy and take back the vote from all the people who would keep us at home and out of the process.

Submitted by Danny V in Government & Elections Dec. 9, 2014, 11:12 a.m. 1

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#871

191 votes

Politicians who are running for a political office, be it an incumbent or first time candidate should be required to relinquish his position in the senate or house for the duration of the campaign period. Because you are running for a political office and running all over the country trying to raise money for election or re-election, you can't very well be in Washington D. C. doing your job and getting paid for it. Therefore, once you throw your hat in the ring, all pay stops.

Submitted by Educator - Certified in Elementary 3-6; Secondary 7-12 in Government & Elections Dec. 9, 2014, 9:20 p.m.

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#875

190 votes

Citizens United and other similar cases have effectively been used to promote the idea that any campaign contributions/spending can not be limited as that is a limitation on the freedom of speech, equating money with speech. Since Congress has and will likely block any constitutional amendments to reverse these decisions, submit a class action lawsuit on behalf of the majority of citizens who do not have access to large sums of money and therefore their freedom of speech is limited/outweighed

Submitted by PaulZ in Government & Elections Dec. 26, 2014, 5:28 p.m. 1

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#876

188 votes

a U.S. Constitutional Amendment for Publicly Financed Campaigns for all Federal, State and Local elections with no outside contributions and 90-day campaign window with Freed Debates On Issues on TV, Radio, Cable, Press, Radio, Media

Submitted by no in Government & Elections Dec. 10, 2014, 2:34 p.m.

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#884

187 votes

Term Limits. If the president of the United States of America has a term limit then every other elected official should abide by the same rules.

Submitted by gaylan r. from OH in Government & Elections Dec. 27, 2014, 8:45 a.m.

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#890

185 votes

Stop Congress from giving themselves pay raises. Let their raises be voted on by the American public based on their performance while in office and initiate a cap on their income levels; while making it unavailable to be supplemented by special interest groups or corporations.

Submitted by American Citizen in Government & Elections Dec. 11, 2014, 5:22 p.m. 1

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#893

184 votes

Outlaw campaign contributions to take the power of big money out of elections. Allow for free TV access for debates and discussion forums for issues.

Submitted by batteredup in Government & Elections Dec. 10, 2014, 2:28 p.m.

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#893

184 votes

Eliminate lawmakers ability to vote on or set any rules and laws pertaining to their compensation. This includes giving themselves raises and passing laws that designed to increase their campaign coffers.

Submitted by Sara L. from TX in Government & Elections Dec. 10, 2014, 10:22 p.m.

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#897

183 votes

If we pay taxes, then we are a registered voter! AUTOMATICALLY!!!! And let us vote when we pay our taxes.

Submitted by Bebley Spence Jr in Government & Elections Nov. 14, 2014, 7:43 p.m.

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#901

182 votes

Establish "NONE OF THE ABOVE" as an option for all federal positions. If "NONE OF THE ABOVE" wins, new candidates have to be chosen and a new election held within 90 days.

Submitted by HES in Government & Elections Dec. 10, 2014, 5:02 p.m.

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#909

180 votes

End LEGISLATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION. Require our legislatures to have members from ALL levels of society. There is greater need for this than for MORE WOMEN in Legislatures.

Submitted by disgusted with "experts" in Government & Elections Jan. 3, 2015, 11:47 a.m.

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#909

180 votes

If the Congress shuts down the government in the future, for every day the government is shut down every Congressman and Senator that voted for it loses a month's salary. If it continues more than a week, those working for it permanently lose their pensions. If it continues more than 2 weeks, they are permanently removed from office.

Submitted by Lynn E in Government & Elections Dec. 10, 2014, 7:29 p.m.

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#909

180 votes

Make all election procedures and processes the same all over the Country, using the same ballot methods and rules, all according to Federal oversight and approval.

Submitted by Gary Paul in Government & Elections Dec. 10, 2014, 10:29 p.m.

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#922

177 votes

Fix the way political districts are created. Have a nonpartisan, transparent system of creating the districts. The way it is now, it doesn't matter how much we vote, our vote doesn't count.

Submitted by Odilia Leal-McBride in Government & Elections Dec. 12, 2014, 11:26 a.m.

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#927

176 votes

Government do your job!!! No work! No pay! Less time off leaving country in peril... Get to work!!!

Submitted by Arthur Delgadillo in Government & Elections Jan. 6, 2015, 4:15 a.m.

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#927

176 votes

Somebody needs to stop the red states from changing the way their electoral college votes are handed out in the presidental election, otherwise we'll never have another Democratic president. This is their final nail in their hijacking of our elections. Every states needs to have the same electoral policy or just get rid of it all-together and elect a president with a popular vote, which really is the fairest way to elect a president. We are becoming a one party system - not exactly a democracy.

Submitted by Gayle J. from WA in Government & Elections Dec. 10, 2014, 10:38 p.m.

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#937

174 votes

Why Don't we Pass a LAW, saying congress people are not Allowed to take BRIBE MONEY!!!!!!!

Submitted by kenstrolle in Government & Elections Dec. 10, 2014, 3:03 a.m.

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#937

174 votes

Impeach those Congressionals who were responsible for the US Government shut down. If the tax payers suffer economic hardships from the US Congress' recalcitrance, so shall the the responsible political individuals in Congress.If Congress with hold the tax payers' income; so shall Congress'suffer the same fate!!!!!

Submitted by 202-718-3695 in Government & Elections Dec. 10, 2014, 4:40 p.m.

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#944

173 votes

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