Amend America is developing a comprehensive update to the entire American political system using the Constitution’s amendment process. The proposal seeks to fully address the structural capture of democratic institutions by concentrated wealth and power and establish new rules designed to restore accountability, representation, and public trust in government.
The sections below summarize the individual articles currently included in the draft proposal.
This work is ongoing. Amend America exists to educate the public while refining this framework through careful research, public input, and the constitutional amendment process.
We are currently assembling a team of early reviewers. If you would like to become an initial reviewer of the amendment, please send us a message through our Initial Review Phase page.
Protects citizenship status from political manipulation. Everyone who belongs to the country must be treated equally under the law.
An affirmative right to vote for all citizens. It protects access to the ballot, prevents voter suppression, allows automatic voter registration, lowers the voting age to sixteen.
Requires majority support to win elections using Ranked Choice Voting or a similar system. Ensures that winners truly represent the majority of voters.
Replaces the Electoral College with a national popular vote for President and Vice President. Every vote counts equally, and the candidate with the most votes wins.
Ends partisan gerrymandering by putting redistricting in the hands of independent bodies instead of politicians.
Establishes strong, nonpartisan civic education standards so Americans understand how government and media works and how to participate in it.
Ends unlimited private campaign financing at the federal level and creates a publicly funded system so elections are not controlled by wealthy donors.
Prevents federal officials and their families from profiting off public office. It requires safeguards against conflicts of interest and independent enforcement.
Requires transparency in lobbying and political influence spending. It limits hidden influence and foreign interference while protecting lawful advocacy.
Allows regulation of knowingly false political ads and undisclosed synthetic impersonation while protecting free political speech and debate.
Requires transparency in media ownership and funding and constitutionalizes reporting standards while banning government control over viewpoints or journalist licensing.
Protects public discourse from bot networks and coordinated digital manipulation while safeguarding lawful speech.
Clarifies that constitutional rights belong to human beings, not corporations or artificial entities.
Recognizes healthcare, housing, food, water, education, environmental stability, fair work, retirement security, and bodily autonomy as essential foundations of freedom.
Creates a constitutional right to privacy in personal data and digital identity, limiting mass surveillance and misuse of personal information.
Creates a permanent process to investigate historical injustices caused by government policies and requires Congress to formally consider solutions.
Recognizes extreme wealth concentration as a threat to democracy and authorizes action to prevent economic domination and eliminate involuntary poverty.
Protects fair and competitive markets by preventing monopoly power and economic coercion.
Establishes conditional term limits for Members of Congress and federal judges.
Protects majority rule in Congress through firm limits on the filibuster while preserving meaningful debate.
Prevents government shutdowns and political brinkmanship by creating automatic funding when budgets lapse.
Strengthens congressional authority over war and limits prolonged unilateral military action.
Limits executive emergency powers and requires continued oversight to prevent abuse.
Creates a process for states to initiate constitutional reform in addition to the methods already provided in the constitution.
Provides a constitutional path of self determination for territories of the United States that lack voting representation in Congress.
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