Winner-take-all is not allowed at the local level of government.
Many believe we must vote for a winner taking all in all our elections, and that is not correct. The Founding Fathers placed a Trojan Horse inside the US Constitution that declares we should have Proportional Voting at the local level, the perfect place to learn how the other form of democracy works.
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Surprise, surprise. The Framers wrote about two levels of government only, and not three levels as is commonly the practice. They left out the local governmental level. Not a word.
The US Constitution as originally passed was about the Federal set-up and discusses the States in that light as well. The third group — the People — are mentioned and empowered, too. Cities and counties, however, are not.
Then, the Framers worked hard on establishing Amendments — the Bill of Rights — because they realized they had not captured the full spirit of enlightenment yet with the signed document.
This is where the Trojan Horse is found. The local governments, not empowered in this document, must follow the entire US Constitution without exception. They must adhere without pause to the Bill of Rights. Right now they point at rules the States put in place that they say they must follow. And that is not correct.
In an analogy, the State can be seen as the landlord of an apartment complex (of cities and counties) in which kitchens are found (for holding local elections. So far, so good. But then the State declares that it is verboten to cook Brussels sprouts in any of these kitchens. And that is an illegal overreach. They can declare whatever they want for their State kitchen, but they cannot dictate how we must cook in our kitchens.
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The story is also told well with separate-but-equal in mind, which is not allowed. No government in the US is allowed to discriminate. Except, of course, where it is allowed. At the Federal level, the States are each other’s equals, and we vote, for instance, two Senators in place for each State. For the Federal level, we have separate-but-equal written in the Constitution.
Naturally, the States are not each other’s equals. Some are huge in size while others are not. Some have large populations in them, others do not. They are equal before the law for no other reason than their being written into the law as such. That is therefore exceptional.
Meanwhile at the lower level, separate-but-equal is simply not allowed. This legal point has gone through the courts already and those local governments that segregated people for whatever reason were struck down hard. The demeaning action of separate-but-equal put in place by local governments has no place in the ordinary lives of US citizens. When a better system is available — it was ruled — then local governments cannot have a discriminating system in place.
- District voting contains one round of separate-but-equal and is therefore not allowed at the local level. No city or county can segregate people into districts and then declare them each other’s equal. The reason is quite simple: it is a form of voter suppression implemented by the government.
- When voters vote in a district then the majority gets to say who represents all. When the representatives vote on a bill then that majority gets to decide that. Did you see it? Majority rule got multiplied by majority rule in district voting. That is voter suppression.
In an example, 50 percent for the win times 50 percent for the decision makes 25 percent of the voters supporting that specific decision.
70 percent for the win times 70 percent for the decision makes 49 percent of voters supporting that specific decision.
To say the outcome represents the will of the majority of the voters is incorrect. Many decisions are voter minority decisions.
That is why segregating people in whatever manner is unconstitutional. No local government is allowed to suppress the expression of the political will of the people, not even in a single round by voting in districts.
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That is why voters across the nation are invoking the US Constitution with government officials in their cities. You can join them.
The Invocation itself is nothing more than a time-stamp, a warning that the City has been notified it is holding local elections against the rules of the US Constitution, the highest document in the nation, the blue print that guides us all.
Nothing else needs to be done.
In the future, when these Cities are not cleaning up their separate-but-equal behavior, then anyone in that City or anyone in that State can sue the City and the State for recompense.
Anyone who’s voting rights were infringed at the local level can sue for recompense:
- with the specific City based on this Invocation
- with the State for any City in that State based on this Invocation
The Founding Fathers did not write the Trojan Horse in the US Constitution to undermine society; they wrote it because they wanted a society in which people could be free from governmental overreach.
There are no options to Invoke the US Constitution for State elections. While they should also follow the Bill of Rights, the US Constitution itself provides a number of cop-outs for the States.
As said, Cities and Counties are not even mentioned in the US Constitution. Plus, it is a good place to start at the local level. While Proportional Voting is extremely simple, it is different than anything you know about voting.
- Learning the other form of voting is simple. Today, our democracy is like flipping a coin — red or blue. Proportional Voting is learning how to roll the dice. Instead of heads and tails, there’s 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6. It’s not difficult, yet we need to learn how to roll the dice in an easy place like our Cities before we move on to the State level.
- An example is provided in the article shown below, for a city with eight seats. Instead of that 50% minimum we have today, eight seats has a guaranteed minimum of 88.89% of the voters pointing to their desired representatives. That is 38.89% more than with flipping coins. No doubts about it: you win!
Governments in the United States cannot administer any form of discrimination in their functioning with the people, except for the Federal level involving the relationship of the States in the Union. Unfortunately, the States themselves have a cop out for their affairs. Cities and Counties do not.
Come join us. The Founding Fathers are with us. They wrote the blueprint that guides us all. Cities cannot hold elections in districts because that system restricts us in our ability to be free of government overreach.
