Our goal is to lay the groundwork for populist party expansion by establishing Range Voting in counties across the nation.
We will begin by initiating a marketing test in one selected county. As the project unfolds, the notoriety will be used to gain interest in other regions of the country.
I. Stage one: marketing test – the groundwork for launching of ballot initiative
1)In the target county, we will locate a resident who is willing to obtain the signatures of a half-dozen friends and relatives on a range-vote marketing test. These friends/relatives will also get signatures from a couple of their own friends.
If a second amendment or pro-life activist resides in the county, this activist will be approached first, for assistance with the marketing test.
2)When the resident activist has gathered a number of signatures, we will notify regional citizen’s action groups that the groundwork for an election-reform initiative has begun, and we will solicit their assistance.
3)At this time we will also solicit assistance from national groups.
II. Stage two: the promotional campaign after launching of the ballot initiative
Because this first ballot initiative occurs in a staunchly conservative region of the country, the attributes of range voting that advance populism will be stressed in the promotional campaign. In particular, we will stress these attributes:
1)Citizen control of policy: If the county is a second amendment or pro-life sanctuary county, then in order for this sanctuary status to have teeth, it is important to ensure that no candidates are elected who are lukewarm to the sanctuary policy.
Usually in local politics, the most viable candidate is a prominent businessman who has money and name recognition….and, even if this individual is lukewarm toward the county’s sanctuary policy, he or she will probably be elected. The existence of a viable third-party candidate will keep the major-party candidate honest, and loyal to constituents.
2)Effect on regional politics: Your county’s transformation into a range voting/populist expansion county will effect more than local politics…it will also provide momentum toward populist expansion in other regions. Conservative politicians in your state’s metropolitan-area collar counties will become more likely to resist pressure from urban socialist groups.
Thus, populist expansion at the local level will allow citizens to effect policy at the local, regional and national levels.
If you want to be the spark for populist election reform in your county, contact us at [email protected].