WHEREAS the Unitarian Universalist Association’s fifth Principle affirms the use of the democratic process in society at large; WHEREAS democracy depends on fairly counted votes and public confidence that votes have been fairly counted; WHEREAS an estimated thirty percent of those voting in...

Scope: US The health and integrity of the American democracy at the national, state, and local levels depends, in large measure, on fair and open elections that command public confidence and encourage full citizen participation....

Among the issues of national and state political importance in the United States, none is of more vital and immediate concern to the healthy functioning of an informed electorate than reform of political campaign financing....

WHEREAS, the interaction of human and technological forces has become increasingly complex and has resulted in awesome power and vulnerability; and WHEREAS, there is a need greater than at any other time in our history for objective study of issues and competent decision-making by our elected...

OBSERVING: That for seventy years the citizens of the District of Columbia enjoyed local home rule, then in the troubled period following the Civil War, Congress abolished the elected local government and since that time has exercised detailed control of the District's affairs; NOTING: That the...

AFFIRMING: That a strong legislative branch of federal government is a necessary component of the United States constitutional system and that independence, intelligence and integrity are qualities essential to lawmaking bodies in a democracy; and OBSERVING: That respect for and confidence in the...

WHEREAS, registration procedures and the November 1964 elections in the state of Mississippi were conducted by the officials in that state in a manner clearly designed to discriminate systematically against Negro citizens of the state; and WHEREAS, qualified voters of Mississippi residing in the...

AFFIRMING that the right to vote is elemental in our American society; NOTING that major obstacles are still being put by some states before Negroes who attempt to register to vote; and that after the passage of appropriate legislation physical and economic intimidation may nevertheless be used t...

WHEREAS, persistent delays in the legislative process of the Congress of the United States result from certain of its traditions, precedents, rules and procedures; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED: That the Unitarian Universalist Association favors the revision of procedures in both Houses of the Congres...

WHEREAS, democracy is the system of government established in the United States; and WHEREAS, the residents of the District of Columbia live under colonial status with appointed rather than elected city officials; and WHEREAS, the residents of the District of Columbia have previously experienced...