Election Reform New Rules

Mandates for Reforming Our National Politicians[These ideas would apply to state and local government as well]

As we transition to electing new members of Congress we must insist on election reform. No more starting the election process the moment after the past election. So, a new rule is; in any election the candidates are limited to campaigning no sooner than 90 days prior to the election. If this strict time limit is instituted immediately the officials would keep to the business of government and not be wasting time and money seeking election.

Politicians get the same pension as the rest of us. No politician is awarded any special pension for serving. The special pensions that have been awarded are honored, but the pension “for life” is rescinded. This pension for life practice is ridiculous and attracts the wrong applicants. It will be cheaper to stop the practice now and pay them to leave than to continue this inbred process.

Politicians running for an office cannot run for election [for any new office] while serving in an existing office. For example, a serving Senator cannot run for U.S. President while in office as a Senator. Historically this has been allowed to happen, but is a bad practice because the politician’s attention is always divided. The local people support an ambitious candidate, but the candidate’s salary is paid from the national pool of money. Let’s prohibit all officials from the practice of double dipping.

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