[GPSCC-chat] Aug. 23rd -- Coalition on electoral reform

[Spencer Graves]

Hello, All:


	  I'd like to encourage all who can to come this Saturday, Aug. 23, 3-5 
PM to a meeting of a new coalition focusing on electoral reform, 
especially overturning Citizens United and various Disclose Acts.  The 
meeting will be held at Asian Americans for Community Involvement on 
Moorpark, San Jose;  see below.


	  This group was organized when CA Prop 49, the "Overturn Citizens 
United Advisory Measure" was placed on the November ballot and before 
the CA Supreme Court removed it.  This group is trying to pull together 
people from Move to Amend, the California Clean Money Campaign, Common 
Cause, DreamMenders, the Green Party, the Mid-Peninsula Peace & Justice 
Center, and anyone else with time and interest in electoral reform.


	  Electoral reform may not be anyone's most important issue, but 
progress on global warming, public health, and virtually any other major 
issue facing humanity today is largely blocked by dysfunctions in how 
the public gets information about politics and decides how to vote in 
elections, as noted by Lawrence Lessig and many others (see Wikipedia, 
"Electoral reform in the United States").


       I hope to see you this Saturday.


       Best Wishes,

-- 
Spencer Graves, PhD
Executive Director
Effective Defense
751 Emerson Ct.
San José, CA 95126
ph:  408-655-4567
web:  www.effectivedefense.org


-------- Forwarded Message --------
Subject:     Aug. 23rd -- Despite the Prop. 49 derailment, we move on!
Date:     Sun, 17 Aug 2014 12:05:27 -0700
From:     Eitan Fenson <eitan at scc-mta.org>
Reply-To:     Eitan Fenson <eitan at scc-mta.org>
To:     Spencer Graves <spencer.graves at effectivedefense.org>



Derailed:  The Meaning of the California

Supreme Court’s Disqualification of Prop 49

DESPITE THE DERAILMENT WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK TOGETHER

Bring a friend to discuss how to respond to the CA Supreme Court 
decision; how to support the Disclose Act; how to approach the Sept. 8 
vote on Citizens United in the U.S. Senate, how to get local federal and 
state legislators to support a 28th amendment, how to make local 
candidates accountable to voters for a 28th amendment, how to gain voter 
pledges, whether to form a Democracy Coalition in Santa Clara County, 
what to do for the Nov. 2016 ballot locally and statewide, and discuss 
other great ideas surfacing since the California Supreme Court decision.

GET BIG MONEY OUT OF POLITICS.  OVERTURN CITIZENS UNITED
ONLY REAL HUMAN BEINGS ARE ENTITLED TO CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS
WE THE PEOPLE HAVE THE RIGHT TO REGULATE CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIO
NO SIGNFICANT REFORMS ARE POSSIBLE WITHOUT CAMPAIGN FINANCE REFORM.
Meeting to Dialogue & Take Further Action:

Saturday, August 23, 2014, 3-5 PM

AACI, 2400 Moorpark Ave., SJ Room 304



Contact Richard Hobbs at 408-460-2999 richhobbs at msn.com, Eitan Fenson at 
650-302-8760 eitan at scc-mta.org, or Gerry Hunt at 408-266-0107 
gwhunt97 at comcast.net.
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-- 
Spencer Graves, PE, PhD
President and Chief Technology Officer
Structure Inspection and Monitoring, Inc.
751 Emerson Ct.
San José, CA 95126
ph:  408-655-4567
web:  www.structuremonitoring.com