Comments on: Resos for the Government Operations Committee http://pd-hawaii.com/blog/2008/04/26/resos-for-the-government-operations-committee/ This is a place for members of Progressive Democrats of Hawai‘i to express their thoughts and exasperations about political happenings. Wed, 07 Jan 2009 20:08:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 By: bartman http://pd-hawaii.com/blog/2008/04/26/resos-for-the-government-operations-committee/#comment-14460 bartman Tue, 29 Apr 2008 10:46:19 +0000 http://pd-hawaii.com/blog/2008/04/26/resos-for-the-government-operations-committee/#comment-14460 These items were raised in the group meeting to discuss both GovOps and National & International Affairs. These relate to GovOps: 3. Educate voters about our current constitution, to promote informed choices about Con-Con. (NL, DP, BD, BS, GB) 4. Closed vs. open primary. (DP, BD, CH) 5. Protecting citizens’ rights to dissent and privacy against intrusions by the Patriot Act provisions and Homeland Security. (NK, CC, CH, BS, GB) 6. Expand voter owned elections beyond the Hawai‘i Island County Council. (NL, DP, BP) 7. Ban corporate donations to candidates for office in Hawaii. (NL, DP, BP) 8. Same day voter registration. (NL, DP, BP) 9. Support for civil unions—marriage equality. (DP, TD, BP Resolution already written.) 10. Require Legislators who identify themselves as Democrats and who chair committees (or are Speaker of the House or President of the Senate) to step aside when they oppose legislation to implement Democratic Party resolutions and Platform Planks rather than using their position to block such legislation. (CH, DP, GB) These items were raised in the group meeting to discuss both GovOps and National & International Affairs. These relate to GovOps:

3. Educate voters about our current constitution, to promote informed choices about Con-Con. (NL, DP, BD, BS, GB)

4. Closed vs. open primary. (DP, BD, CH)

5. Protecting citizens’ rights to dissent and privacy against intrusions by the Patriot Act provisions and Homeland Security. (NK, CC, CH, BS, GB)

6. Expand voter owned elections beyond the Hawai‘i Island County Council. (NL, DP, BP)

7. Ban corporate donations to candidates for office in Hawaii. (NL, DP, BP)

8. Same day voter registration. (NL, DP, BP)

9. Support for civil unions—marriage equality. (DP, TD, BP Resolution already written.)

10. Require Legislators who identify themselves as Democrats and who chair committees (or are Speaker of the House or President of the Senate) to step aside when they oppose legislation to implement Democratic Party resolutions and Platform Planks rather than using their position to block such legislation. (CH, DP, GB)

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