IDEAS FOR KANSAS LEGISLATION
     These ideas have been approved by committee and are waiting for approval by the remainder of the coalition.
       
    1.  Court reform. The jury instructions used by first Chief U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Jay shall be read to the jury in every jury trial without addition, subtraction, or explanation. Otherwise the court decisions shall be invalid and the defendant(s) shall be reimbursed their expenses. John Jay, first Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court, charging the jury in Georgiav. Brailsford, 3 Dallas 1,4 (U.S. 1794): "That in criminal cases, the law and fact being always blended, the jury, for reasons of a political and peculiar nature, for the security of life and liberty, is intrusted with the power of deciding both the law and fact."
    2.  Election Reform. For all computers or other devices used for tabulating or recording votes the programming logic must be made available to the public at the cost of the lowest cost media for transmitting the logic. This includes copyrighted programs. All voting devices must create a permanent paper record of all votes at the precinct at the close of the polls. Any and all connections to outside computers or devices via phone or other means must provide for recording all communications during the polling, and this recording must be made available to the public at reasonable cost. Each voter must be provided the ability to audit his own votes after the election, to ensure his vote was tabulated correctly. One method would be to issue each voter a unique id number that he can use at the public library or county seat after the election to view the votes recorded for that id number.
    3.  Campaign Reform. Only electors of the voting district may contribute to a political campaign.
    4.  Constitutional Authority. Every bill must cite the constitutional authority specifically by article, section, and clause of the Kansas Constitution or it shall be null and void. Riders to bills in the legislative process shall not be allowed.
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