A Proclamation of the DC Statehood Green Party
"Democratize the Electoral College"
February 2nd, 2012
THE DC STATEHOOD GREEN PARTY MAP  PROCLAMATION IS TO REDRESS NATIONAL STATE INITIATIVES TO INSTITUTIONALIZE "MINORITY VOTE DILUTION" WHETHER RACIAL, ECONOMIC, POLITICAL, OR THIRD PARTY AFFILIATIONS BY THE ENACTMENT OF VOTER ID LAWS AND "WINNER-TAKE-ALL" POLITICS. "

Whereas,  One century and two score years ago in the aftermath of America's civil war, the Forty_Second congress passed , An Act for the Apportionment of Representatives to Congress among the several states according to the ninth Census (1870 Census). Section 6 of the Apportionment Act of February 2, 1872, provided a mandate that the number of representatives apportioned to any state to be proportionally reduced, if the right to vote is denied or abridged._(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electoral_College_(United_States)#Fourteenth_Amendment)

Whereas, Rep. John Conyers (D-MI), (Dec. 8th, 2004), in Congressional Hearings on Ohio Voting declared "This is the most amazing proposition that has ever been brought forward by a non-lawyer , and if it is accurate, it could change the whole outcome of the voting process in the United States."

Whereas, District Court Judge Henry H Kennedy Jr.( Jan. 4, 2011)  in the matter of Gordon et al v. Clerk, US House of Representatives declared "Mr. Gordon raises some weighty issues having to do with the consequences or results of an electoral system where a minority, a minority number of votes are not recognized, that is when there is a winner-take-all system." _ (http://www.electors.us).

Whereas, the Supreme Court ruled in Fortson v. Dorsey (1965) that at-large (Winner-take-all) voting  always operates to “minimize or cancel out the voting strength of racial or political elements of the voting population”. At-large voting denies voters an equally effective vote and clearly operates to suppress the representation of minority groups, whether racial, economic, political, or otherwise.

Therefore, the DCSGP declares that a primary cause for the political unresponsiveness of our Government to the welfare of the people at large is because of our at large system of "Winner-take-all" Politics. Accordingly the DCSGP calls for this declaration to be made a signal priority by the national Green Party and Green Presidential candidates in media communications and in campaign materials for release to the public.

Therefore, the DCSGP calls for the National GP in advocacy for green party progressive initiatives to place emphasis on the declaration that "winner-take-all" Politics is harmful to the public welfare and unconstitutional. The DCSGP declares that the Fourteenth Amendment mandates  proportional allocation of presidential electoral votes, or enforcement of  the second section of the Fourteenth Amendment mandate for a reduction in the congressional delegations of states with voter id laws that deny or abridge the citizen's "right to vote" resulting in "minority vote dilution."

Therefore, the DCSGP calls for the National GP to call upon  progressive lawyers and Organizations to join with the Green Party's Malapportionment Penalty (MAP) initiative  to "Democratize the Electoral College" by enforcement of "the right to vote" Reconstruction amendment (Amend. XIV§2 ) that mandates a state's proportional allocation of presidential electors based on the popular vote split or suffer a "Reduction of Representation" in the electoral college / members to congress (2USC§6) .

Therefore, the DCSGP calls for the National GP to host at its National Convention in 2012 a keynote Civil War sesquicentennial commemorative address "The USCT Legacy of National Redemption and Democracy ( How Black Civil War Veterans Reconstructed the Union and Established Democracy in America ) " by Asa Gordon of the African American Civil War Memorial and Chair of the DCSGP Electoral College Task Force.

Resolved, the DCSGP calls for the National Green Party to issue a complementary proclamation to promote the GP_ MAP initiative  to "Democratize the Electoral College" and moves GP presidential candidates to: (1)  in interviews to include a reference to the Green initiative to "Democratize the Electoral College", (2)  include a reference to the MAP initiative in their press releases and information packets, and (3) include a reference and link at their web sites, as the Green party candidate response to states election laws and winner-take-all politics that  effect "minority vote dilution" of minority groups, whether racial, economic, political, or by party affiliation.

Winner-Take-All Systems
“Winner-take-all” is a term used to describe single member district and at large election systems that award seats to the highest vote getters without ensuring fair representation for minority groups. In the United States, these are typically single-member district schemes or at-large, block-voting systems. Under winner-take-all rules, a slim majority of voters can control 100% of seats, leaving everyone else effectively without representation. Winner-take-all systems are an anachronism in the modern world, as nearly every emerging democracy has rejected their use. They were introduced to America by the British during the colonial era, and are virtually unknown in other developed countries. Their failings lie at the root of many of our current political problems.