NOTE: 

Given the more recent (obvious) developments, we have stopped working on this petition, BUT the cause that animated this civic action remains, and it is even more alarming now!  

We hereby PETITION to WARN the DNC 

"SUPER-DELEGATES" re how we would vote 

(also in down-ballot races) 

in November 2020!

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NO 2016 ELECTORAL COUP in 2020!

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Resist the un-democratic interference of the 

 "SUPER-DELEGATES" 

at the DNC Convention's 2nd Ballot!

A  Grassroots  Petition

>>>>   SIGN HERE   <<<< 

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SPREAD THE WORD, PLEASE!

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VOTE GUARDIANS OF AMERICA (VGA)

A Grass-roots Petition

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Petition URL -- where you can sign, and spread the word: 

https://www.petitions.net/we_petition_to_warn_the_dnc_super-delegates_re_our_vote_also_in_down-ballot_races_in_nov_2020

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PETITION STATEMENT

WE, The People (undersigned), DEMAND our "democracy" to be HONEST -- and quit serving money and power.

HENCE,

WE STRONGLY URGE THE FOLLOWING HIGHLY DEMOCRATIC MEASURES:

That the "Democratic" National Committee (DNC) adopts one of the following two DEMOCRATIC options: 

1) EITHER, un-elected super-delegates be ELIMINATED from voting at the 2020 Democratic National Convention,

2) OR, the votes of such UN-ELECTED super-delegates be awarded to each of the remaining candidates, in the same proportion as the total number of ELECTED delegates he/she has EARNED (through our votes) in the Democratic primary elections and caucuses.

HERE IS WHAT WE (the undersigned) WILL DO IN RESPONSE:

I- IF the DNC heeds our HIGHLY DEMOCRATIC demand, above, we will happily do our best to un-seat Trump in November (and help elect Democrats in "down-ballot" races), regardless of who becomes (HONESTLY, i.e., DEMOCRATICALLY) the Democratic nominee for President this summer. 

BUT, 

IF the UN-DEMOCRATIC "super-delegates" of the (so-called) "Democratic" Party’s (corporate) establishment undermine our votes this summer at the DNC Convention (again, as in 2016) but this time beyond the first round of nomination balloting,

WE, the undersigned:

a) Either will not participate in November 2020 Presidential vote--also affecting "down-ballot" races,

b) Or if we (again--like in 2016) find ourselves having to choose between the "lesser of two evils," although we MAY still vote (HIGHLY RELUCTANTLY--holding our collective nose), but such a vote will obviously NOT have any of our dedication, enthusiasm, energy, and the kind of popular-movement massive grass-roots electoral mobilization that is NEEDED to un-seat Trump--and again, such DNC-caused voter apathy will surely affect down-ballot races, including for the House and the Senate.  

THUS,

WE (the undersigned) SINCERELY HOPE--AND DEMAND--THAT THE DNC HAS LEARNED THE HORRIBLE LESSON OF 2016, AND THAT IT TAKES THIS DEEPLY DEMOCRATIC WARNING SERIOUSLY! 

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CONTEXT

We, the undersigned, believe that the establishment of the "Democratic" Party VIOLATED the will of the American voters in 2016. And we fear that it is about to do it, AGAIN, in 2020. 

And as outlined in this petition, we believe that they intend to use (again) UNELECTED SUPER-DELEGATES to corrupt the (so-called) Democratic National Convention’s presidential nominating process--this time in the SECOND ROUND of nomination voting. 

EVIDENCE

Feb. 27, 2020 --  NY TIMES

Superdelegates "willing to risk intraparty damage“ to block Sanders at contested convention: report

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/27/us/politics/democratic-superdelegates.html

RELATED: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=epwzcl20fyM
The Hill TV 
Super-delegates admit flagrant plan to take nomination (11 min. clip)
See from minute 4, but especially see min. 6:30-7:00 to see what Sen. Elizabeth Warren says to the PBS's Newhour re what happened in 2016!

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Feb. 19, 2020 -- Domenico Montanaro, NPR Senior Political Editor: 

"Even though super-delegates can’t vote on the first ballot this year [unlike in 2016], they can on the second. There are more than 700 of them — and they are looming out there."

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See This Short Video Clip:

The Hill's Saagar Enjeti: 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjW_zh-xEXA

Dems reveal plan to steal the nomination from Bernie

[at the DNC Convention's 2nd Ballot]

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POLITICO (Feb. 20, 2020) 

https://www.politico.com/news/2020/02/20/bloomberg-brokered-convention-strategy-116407

"Mike Bloomberg is privately lobbying Democratic Party officials...[to] block Bernie Sanders, in the event of a brokered national convention...There’s a whole operation going on, which is genius,” said one of the strategists, who is unaffiliated with any campaign. “And it’s going to help them win on the second ballot...Other candidates have quietly been in contact for months with superdelegates — the DNC members, members of Congress and other party officials who cannot vote on the first ballot at a contested national convention — but none have showcased it as a feature of their campaign, as Hillary Clinton did in 2016.”

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SAY NO 
TO UNDEMOCRATIC 
SUPER-DELEGATES!

SIGN HERE 
& 
SPREAD THE WORD
OF THIS VOTE-GUARDING PETITION!

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IN OTHER WORDS

We, the undersigned Vote Guardians of America (VGA) are deeply worried about the sad state of our so-called democracy, especially in 2020!  

Based on a number of recent clearly worrisome signs (For example, the Iowa caucuses debacle, the recent DNC Chair's nominations for the 2020 Democratic Convention standing committees, this important Common Dreams report, that adds to what this major expose by Politico reveals), 
we now believe, rather strongly, that the establishment of the so-called “Democratic” Party has been purposefully manufacturing (with corporate media's help--as always) a number of "divide-and-conquer" rifts among progressives.  

Thus, the corporate-friendly (and military-industrial complex aligned) "Democratic" Party's establishment is about to INTERFER with the basic democratic rights of we, the American voters, AGAIN! 

This time by:
a) Engineering a systemic and divisive split in the progressive vote, 
and 
b) Then using the Party's UN-ELECTED super-delegates in the SECOND ROUND (or beyond) of nomination voting at the upcoming "Democratic" Convention. 

In 2016 this ugly corruption of democracy resulted in the horrible disaster called “The Trump White House.” 

Hence, we believe that (this time) the allies of concentrated wealth and power in the establishment of the "Democratic" Party are (apparently) trying, AGAIN, to IMPOSE a “safe/centrist” corporate-corrupted candidate (Biden or Bloomberg-the-Billionaire) on our country.  

We find this flagrant re-abuse of power UNACCEPTABLE, especially in the context of what little remains of our so-called "democracy" in Trump's America. 

Therefore, We the (VGA) People DEMAND the following:

1) Either unelected super-delegates be eliminated from voting at the 2020 Democratic National Convention,

2) Or the votes of such unelected super-delegate be awarded to each of the remaining candidates, in the same proportion as the total number of ELECTED delegates he/she EARNS in the Democratic primary elections and caucuses.

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SIGN HERE

& 

SPREAD THE WORD

OF THIS VOTE-GUARDING PETITION!

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HISTORY OF OUR DEMOCRACY-GUARDING EFFORT

The idea of Vote Guardians of America (hence this petition) was initiated by (brother) Moji Agha--see below--as a genuinely nonviolent strategy of resisting corruption, hence tyranny. 

Thus, what we are doing is the initial civil action of our newly formed non-profit volunteer informal civic association, Vote Guardians of America (VGA). 

The VGA was founded on January 16, 2020, motivated by our outrage, after seeing the infamous "Warren vs. Sanders" (manufactured) conflict on CNN’s January Democratic Presidential Debate in Iowa. 

The co-founders of the VGA, hence this petition, are a member (Jim Blok) and associate member (Moji Agha) of Veterans for Peace (VFP).  

Jim is an American, disabled veteran and retired U.S. Army Major.  

Moji is a naturalized citizen Iranian-American Muslim sufi “monk” (or dervish--with a vow of poverty and service) who resents tyranny and loves HONEST democracy, EVERYWHERE, therefore he has also been a Grandmother Earth, peace, justice, democracy, and human rights activist for decades. Here is brother Moji's mini-bio: https://www.laprogressive.com/author/moji-agha/. 

VGA Contact

Moji Agha -- In Boulder, Colorado

moji.agha@gmail.com

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Vote Guardians of America 
(VGA)  

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A  Grassroots  Petition

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