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National Initiative

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“The basis of our political systems is the right of the people to make and to alter their constitutions of government.”

-- George Washington, 1787

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The National Initiative for Democracyis a proposed law developed by The Democracy Foundation, over the past decade,along with a plan to get it enacted by the people (not by the government) creating, for the first time, a government "by you, the people."

The National Initiative includesa constitutional amendment and a federal statute that equips the peoplewith the central power of government, lawmaking. As lawmakers, thepeople in every government jurisdiction of the United States become anew Check in our system of Checks and Balances designed to control theabuses of government. Representative government remains unalteredexcept for the partnership established between the people and theirelected legislators.

For more info, read these 3 pages:

  1. Concept of National Initiative
  2. America DOES NOT have a Government "By the People"
  3. The National Initiative for Democracy

 

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National Initiative allows people to directly write and vote on federal laws just as they do in many states already