As a candidate for President, I pledge to…
Your conduct on the campaign trail shows voters where your commitments are for transparency, accountability and ethics…
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If elected President, I will endorse, prioritize and work aggressively to...
Leading our country means leading the way forward for a strong, accessible, and representative democracy for every American…
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By the end of my first year in office, I pledge to…
The next President will have the power to take concrete action that will repair and strengthen our democratic institutions…
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Common Cause members and the public are interested to know where you stand on additional democracy ideas that some candidates have proposed, like reforming the Supreme Court, lowering the voting age, or expanding voting rights to non-citizens. What do you think about these reforms? And are there any other ways you want to make our democracy more representative, reflective, accessible, or accountable?
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Beto has called for term limits of 18 years for Justices on the Supreme Court, 12 years for Members of the House of Representatives and Senators. He would also crack down on draconian voter ID laws, mobilize high schools, vocational schools, and colleges to help register students, institute automatic voter registration plan and pre-registration for sixteen and seventeen-year-olds. He will work with Congress to establish a National Voting Day holiday, will facilitate voting by mail, extend early voting windows, and expand human centered design to make voting more accessible. The end goal of these reforms is to increase voter registration by 50 million voters and raise voter turnout to a 65% in 2024, which would mean 35 million new vote cast in that year's presidential election. This goal would realize the largest single increase in the number of voters in an election year.
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