A proposal for the 28th Amendment to the US Consitution

By Free Republic | Created at 2024-11-01 16:57:25 | Updated at 2024-11-05 23:31:57 4 days ago

A proposal for the 28th Amendment to the US Consitution
self/vanity | 11/1/2024 | alancarp

Posted on 11/01/2024 9:41:11 AM PDT by alancarp

Proposed Amendment 28 of the United States Constitution.

Preamble: Whereas, the United States of America operates as a Republic and is governed by representatives who are elected by the people, it is therefore vital that all levels Government insure the integrity of all elections by these means:
1. ensuring that only eligible citizen voters participate;
2. ensuring that all eligible citizen voters have exactly one opportunity to participate in each election; and
3. ensuring the results reflect the intentions of the electorate to the highest accuracy possible.

Section 1: The ability to vote in any state or Federal elections is a privilege, available to those able to offer proof of United States citizenship, age, and the competency to declare their intentions on their own behalf.

Section 2: Every jurisdiction holding an election or any other function with the purpose of having constituencies vote for governing representatives shall ensure the following:
i. That all voters conform to the voting laws within their jurisdiction.
ii. That all voters present a form of government-issued identification that positively establishes their identity, age, and citizenship status in order to vote or to obtain ballots to vote in absentia.
iii. That no voter completes more than one ballot in any single election.
iv. That no person completes a ballot on behalf of another person, excepting those physically unable to do so. Such persons may designate a single representative to act on their behalf by means of legal proxy.
v. That all votes cast accurately reflect the selections of each eligible voter.
vi. That individual voter records never become public.
vii. That all voting records are maintained until at least one calendar year after all election results are legally satisfied.

Section 3: All governing jurisdictions failing to enforce the provisions given in Section 2 may be subject to sanctions including but not limited to fines, imprisonment, or the nullification of election results.

Any individual person found violating any of the provisions of Section 2 will be guilty of a felony, and subject to the appropriate penalties.

Relief may be sought by anyone harmed by failure to enforce these provisions, including individual voters and candidates of the jurisdiction.

Legal claims against any election for violation of these provisions must be filed promptly, within 30 days of any election, notwithstanding any competing ordinances. Such claims must originate in the court of appropriate jurisdiction.

Section 4: The Congress and local jurisdictions shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.

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KEYWORDS: 28thamendment; constitution; election; electoralcollege; integrity; termlimits; twentyeighthamendmnt; voterid

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The 26th Amendment, Section 1, reads as follows: " The right of citizens of the United States, who are eighteen years of age or older, to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of age."

That's all well and good, but it's being largely ignored with respect to the evident Citizenship requirement. This proposal -- yeah, I know: it obviously has no shot with Democrats -- is crafted to require integrity in the election process... with teeth to back it up. It is intended to provide a means to enforce the 26th along with providing permanent protection for elections.

Constructive suggestions welcomed.

1 posted on 11/01/2024 9:41:11 AM PDT by alancarp

To: alancarp

2 posted on 11/01/2024 9:46:06 AM PDT by MCF (If my home can't be my Castle, then it will be my Alamo)

To: alancarp

It would be a useless amendment. The ones enforcing it would dictate the terms, and we’d have what we currently have if that were the Dems.

An amendment that set the voting age to 24, allowed only property owners to vote, forbade those on the dole a vote.

3 posted on 11/01/2024 9:46:18 AM PDT by fwdude

To: alancarp

Too many amendments already. We need to erase a few. One gave us prohibition another repealed it if I’m right.

4 posted on 11/01/2024 9:46:40 AM PDT by DIRTYSECRET

To: alancarp

“ability to vote in any state or Federal elections is a privilege”

Your amendment says privilege but there are multiple references in the constitution to the right to vote.

5 posted on 11/01/2024 9:47:55 AM PDT by JSM_Liberty

To: alancarp

Elections are not federal.

The Feds cannot tell my town how to run its election.

6 posted on 11/01/2024 9:48:00 AM PDT by Vermont Lt

To: alancarp

Seems redundant if we have the 26th amendment already?

To: MinorityRepublican

It’s a good dream list, but the problem isn’t law, it is the lack of education and its empowerment of the crooked media.

From what little I know, this is not well written.

8 posted on 11/01/2024 9:51:43 AM PDT by Loud Mime ("The Real Constitution" on Amazon. We are not right wing - we are constitutional centrists.)

To: alancarp

Try passing this as an act of Congress first.

9 posted on 11/01/2024 9:53:40 AM PDT by HapaxLegamenon (You can numb you got the plate OK thanks)

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