Explanation of the NI4D (Part 2)

Part 2
The Democracy Act
Sections 1-3

Sen. Mike Gravel explains the legislation of the National Initiative for Democracy (NI4D) in detail. Part two of this series covers the first three sections of the Democracy Act.

For the full text of the Democracy Act with annotations, please see:

http://www.ni4d.us/en/act_annotated

Video times for reference:

1. TITLE - 1:44
2. PREAMBLE - 1:50
3. PROCEDURES - 2:12
A. Sponsor - 6:25
B. Form - 6:54
C. Content - 7:19
D. Subject - 8:40
E. Word Limit - 9:26
F. Qualification - 10:38
F.1) Citizen Petition - 11:38
F.2) Public Opinion Poll of Citizens - 14:03
F.3) Legislative Resolution - 14:34
G. Withdrawal - 17:12
H. Public Hearing - 17:49
I. Deliberative Committee - 20:13
J. Legislative Advisory Vote - 22:44
K. Election - 25:20
L. Enactment - 28:51
M. Effective Date - 31:26
N. Judicial Review - 31:45
O. Promotional Communications - 33:39
P. Campaign Financing - 35:11
Q. Financial Disclosure - 36:38

Category:

News & Politics

Tags:

• Mike
• Gravel
• NI4D
• National
• Initiative
• democracy
• act

[djfuzzems]

If only he were president... : (

[voteonthis]

ahhh! its like listening to Moses speak from atop of the Hill! hah. I love this shit.

[ChannelMikeG]

The proposed public hearings and deliberative committees would be revolutionary.

[8DoverNJ]

Very interesting.  I'm probably gonna have to listen/watch this a few times over but initially I very much agree with the 5000 word limit and the idea of sticking to the subject. Clearly these are things that must be implemented. The fact that they added the Real ID act to the Tsunami victim funding in 2005 is proof enough that our legislators need to be forced to stick to the subject.