[GPSCC-chat] American Anti-Corruption Act

[Spencer Graves]

Hello, All:


       I just posted a new article on the "American Anti-Corruption Act" 
(AACA) to Wikipedia 
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Anti-Corruption_Act).  The AACA 
includes 11 provisions that constitutional law experts believe are 
constitutional and would have a substantial impact on reducing 
corruption in the US government.  The first provision would prohibit 
politicians from raising funds from interests they regulate and from 
taking actions to benefit interests that spend heavily to influence 
their elections.  Supportive resolutions have been passed in Princeton, 
NJ, Genoa, IL, and portions of Massachusetts and an "anti-corruption 
referendum" passed Nov. 4 in Tallahassee, FL.  The Tallahassee measure 
got 67 percent of the votes cast;  the measures in IL and MA got between 
72 and 89 percent.


       I'm working with a group called Dream Menders, which is exploring 
what we might do of that nature here in Santa Clara County.  I would 
expect that the Green Party of Santa Clara County would want to support 
this when it gets closer to being something concrete.


       Comments on the Wikipedia article would be welcomed.


       Best Wishes,
       Spencer


-- 
Spencer Graves, PhD
Executive Director
Effective Defense
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