The Coalition of Independent Voters (CIV) is a political movement dedicated to making our government more responsive to the people it represents.
We seek people with the right ethic and spirit to represent us in government so that we can indeed return to being The UNITED States of America.
CIV seeks to give a voice in politics to the over 50% of Americans who are Independents. Its members vote for people and policies, not parties. They value Merit Over Money. We seek problem-solvers and team players to advance policies that need to be done.
We have a short-term problem to solve: That of the 2024 election and keeping both Donald Trump and Joe Biden from being President. That strategy is outlined in our sister site, NotBidenNotTrump.org.
We have a long-term problem to solve: To Make Our GOVERNMENT Work Again through the passage of key policies and amendments. The details are outlined in our other sister site, MOGWA.org.
The government is severely split, and even the parties themselves are split. Compromise, once a hallmark of our system of government, is no where to be found. Solutions to our problems are not found because parties cater to special interests and parochial views rather than reaching across the table and listening to the other side.
As James Madison wrote in the Federalist Paper #51:
“If men were angels, no government would be necessary. If angels were to govern men, neither external nor internal controls on government would be necessary.”
Well, clearly the people in our government are not angels, and even greater controls are necessary. It is therefore upon the People, those governed, to rise up and provide the necessary checks and balances on this out-of-control situation we are in.
Given how bad and disenfranchised people feel about government, the day of reckoning may be at hand.
No generation of Americans has ever been so empowered. Click a button, post a video, collaborate across the country or around the world, associate freely with groups. Why not apply that to the political sphere to make our government more accountable and responsive?
If politics were business (and actually it is, the parties take in donations and peddle legislation, aka “The Swamp”), it would be classified as a duopoly — illegal. The CIV wants to break this stranglehold the two parties hold by electing candidates at all levels of government.
It’s not going to come from within the 2 parties. We, The People, must act.
We don’t wish to destroy the two parties, only to break their stranglehold on power and refocus their efforts back to the people. Changing out ~20% of the representatives at each level should have the desired effect of refocusing the two parties back to the Peoples’ interests.
As an added by-product, if we can run our campaigns like this guy, we now have initiated the “Ultimate Campaign Finance Reform”.
These new, independent-minded candidates must only adhere to a set of basic tenets, pledge to work together (HL to Candidate Profile) and change the culture of political discourse. As long as they represent the values of the constituents in their districts, CIV is supportive.
Candidates bring discipline, a problem-solving spirit, and a fresh look at the problems we face. They will pass key Amendments to provide checks and balances to the system as outlined in MOGWA.org. And should a Contingent Election be triggered by the 12th Amendment, they will vote to ensure neither Trump nor Biden becomes President, per the NotBidenNotTrump.org site’s Strategy.
Candidates will end gerrymandering so that candidates must compete. They will ratify the Amendments that the Congress passes (or, if enough states agree, they will call a Constitutional Convention).
Americans are a “Can Do” people: They see a problem, and they respond to solve it.
The problems are clear enough, and we either live like this, or stand up and do something about it.
And CIV is betting, based on our shared American CIVilization, that we are going to do something about it — and we are here to help make it happen.
