Vision
To create a society in which an informed and active citizenry is sovereign.
Mission
To build democracy through activism, education and collaboration
Goals
- Democratize Politics – Change the law to ensure that political processes, including elections, are controlled by citizens
- Enact public financing for elections
- Enact an affirmative right to vote (and have it count equally) for all citizens
- Reverse Supreme Court dicta that equates election spending with constitutionally protected speech (e.g., Buckley v. Valeo and First National Bank of Boston v. Bellotti)
- Reverse Supreme Court precedent applying Bill of Rights protections to corporations
- Change laws, policies, and structures that allow current officeholders/parties to interfere with open and fair competition
- Ensure that all citizens retain the ability to protect our democracy with their vigilance and to create change where necessary to ensure its vibrancy
- Protect citizen rights from usurpation
- Democratize the Economy – Change the law to create economic decentralization
- Strengthen and vigorously enforce anti-trust law
- Eliminate laws that prevent communities, states, and countries from governing businesses operating within their jurisdictions
- Strengthen and enforce corporate crime laws
- Enact legislation redefining corporations to be legal constructs with enforced obligations and revocable privileges rather than “persons” with inherent rights
- Democratize Information Creation and Dissemination – through working to ensure diverse political and policy viewpoints are available via popular channels
- Protect internet freedom and neutrality
- Eliminate media oligopolies
- Create opportunity for independent and public media
Reclaim Democracy! works toward a more democratic republic, where citizens play an active role in shaping our communities, states, and nation. We believe a person’s influence should be based on the quality of their ideas, skills, and energy, and not based on wealth, race, gender, or orientation.
We believe every citizen should enjoy an affirmative right to vote and have their vote count equally.
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Values
Inclusiveness – We welcome all and oppose discrimination based on race, color, spiritual belief, gender, sexual orientation, age, physical ability, and national origin
Nonpartisanship – We believe that strengthening of democracy transcends political party affiliation
Quality – We strive to ensure that our work meets the highest standards of accuracy and thoroughness
Originality – We believe that our mission calls for non-traditional approaches that address the root causes of societal problems
Integrity – We subscribe to the highest ethical standards in all of our dealings
Transparency – We will open our operations and decision making processes to scrutiny by our members