Elections and Governance

Term Limits

Every elected office: 2 terms of 4 years. President, senator, representative, governor, mayor — all the same. No career politicians. You serve for a maximum of 8 years and then go home. You are a citizen who served, not a ruling class.

One Election Day

One national election day every 4 years for every office. No staggered cycles, no midterms, no constant campaigning. Politicians govern for 4 years and then face the voters. The permanent campaign industry dies overnight.

No Primaries, No Parties

Anyone can register to run for any office. No party gatekeeping, no primary elections, no convention delegates. A candidate runs on their own platform — their specific positions on issues that matter to their constituents — not a party line. The concept of two parties is replaced over time by individual candidates with unique platforms.

No Campaign Money

All campaign donations are illegal. No individual donations, no corporate donations, no PACs, no Super PACs, no dark money. Campaigns consist of a website and rallies. A billionaire and a plumber run on exactly equal footing: their ideas and their ability to show up and convince people in person. Campaign ads — television, radio, digital — are illegal. No more elections won by whoever has the most money.

Politician Salaries

Elected officials are paid enough that corruption becomes irrational. No one can offer them anything meaningful because they're already wealthy from the job itself.

• President: $100M/year
• Senators, Representatives, Governors: $10M/year
• Mayors: $5M/year
• City councils and local officials: Significant compensation scaled to jurisdiction

Total cost for every elected official in the country: approximately $8-9B/year — 0.17% of the federal budget. A rounding error that eliminates the financial incentive for corruption.

Combined with illegal donations and no campaign spending, the post-office revolving door of speaking fees and corporate board seats from companies politicians helped while in office becomes unnecessary. The salary IS the compensation. Lobbying for any purpose is prohibited.

Voting

• Biometric voter verification. The same biometric system that confirms citizenship for E-Verify confirms citizenship at the voting booth. No separate voter ID, no registration drives, no eligibility questions.
• Air-gapped computers at every polling location. No internet connection, no remote hacking possible. Voters use fuzzy search to find candidates, make their selections, and the machine prints a physical paper ballot.
• Printed ballot review. Voters review their printed ballot before submitting. What you see is what counts.
• Ranked choice voting. Voters rank up to 5 candidates per office. This naturally surfaces consensus candidates rather than polarizing ones. A candidate who's everyone's second choice beats a candidate loved by 20% and hated by 80%.
• Hand-counted by randomly selected citizens. No partisan election officials. No machine counting. Random citizens verify the results.
• Popular vote for president. The Electoral College is eliminated. The candidate with the most votes wins. Every vote in every state counts equally.