Democratic Party on Government Reform Party Platform

AZ mail-in restrictions violate Voting Rights Act

Dissenters argued that the Court's narrow reading weakened the law and disregarded its intent to address disparities in how election laws affect different racial groups. The rule discarding "out of precinct votes" impacted black and Hispanic voters, with Arizona leading the country in discarding such votes. Restrictions on vote collection makes voting more difficult for Native Americans.

President Biden said he was "deeply disappointed in today's decision by the United States Supreme Court that undercuts the Voting Rights Act."

Coronavirus: Make vote-by-mail universally available

End partisan gerrymandering in federal elections

Make Washington, D.C. the 51st state; gain representation

$2M to register 200,000 Florida non-voters

Trump's campaign is heavily focused on Florida, the biggest swing state in the nation, with 29 of the 270 electoral college votes needed to win. Without the Sunshine State, Trump's path to victory narrows significantly. If a Democrat can carry Florida in 2020, he or she could win the White House by capturing just one other swing state--WI, MI, OH, or PA--if the remaining states voted the way they did in 2016.

Democrats say they have identified as many as four million Floridians eligible to vote who are not registered. Florida party officials say they plan to partner with data science firms and hire dozens of full-time organizers as part of the new $2 million effort.

Unity Reform Commission: reduce power of superdelegates

The Democratic National Committee had designated 716 political insiders as superdelegates--delegates to the national convention who could support any candidate they wanted, regardless of how the people of their state had voted in their primaries or caucuses.

In other words, the Democratic leadership had created the absurd and undemocratic situation that allowed 30 percent of the votes needed for the presidential nomination to come from the party elite. In 2016, this grossly unfair situation became very apparent when Secretary Clinton received the support of some 500 superdelegates BEFORE the first popular vote was cast in the Iowa caucuses.

[The Unity Reform Commission] in December 2017 unanimously passed a resolution that would significantly reduce the power of superdelegates.

OpEd: Voter ID reduces Dem turnout by 8% and GOP by 3%

At a time when we should be making it easier for people to vote, Republican governors and legislatures acted quickly to do the exact opposite. They restricted early voting, eliminated same-day registration, and aggressively purged voter rolls. In 2016, fifteen states had new voting restrictions in place for the first time in a presidential election.

Automatic voter registration; holiday for Election Day

• Moving to automatic voter registration and the public financing of elections, making Election Day a federal holiday, eliminating super PAC's, and passing a constitutional amendment to overturn Citizens United; and
• Creating a comprehensive agenda to protect and expand the rights of Native Americans and indigenous communities.

Curb the influence of lobbyists; no to Citizens United

Those who leave the executive branch may not lobby this administration and officials may not accept gifts from lobbyists. We support campaign finance reform, by constitutional amendment if necessary. We support legislation to close loopholes and require greater disclosure of campaign spending. Pres. Obama and the national Democratic Party do not accept contributions from federal lobbyists this cycle. We support requiring groups trying to influence elections to reveal their donors so the public will know who's funding the political ads it sees.

Your vote should count; no voter ID laws

Meaningful campaign finance reform to restore public trust

We are committed to immediate change to lead our country in a new direction, to put an end to Republican business as usual, and to make certain our nation�s leaders serve the people�s interests, not special interests. For us, this commitment spans our lifetime, as we were elected to represent the people, not the powerful.

Our goal is to restore accountability, honesty and openness at all levels of government. To do so, we will create and enforce rules that demand the highest ethics from every public servant, sever unethical ties between lawmakers and lobbyists, and establish clear standards that prevent the trading of official business for gifts.

Line-item veto to root out pork-barrel spending

Ensure accessible, independently auditable, accurate voting

Support McCain-Feingold bill for campaign finance reform