Act, Section 4

The Electoral Trust shall administer the Democracy Amendment and the Democracy Act. The Electoral Trust shall be governed by a Board of Trustees and a Director. The Electoral Trust shall take advantage of contemporary technology in carrying out its mission. The activities of the Electoral Trust shall be transparent to the public.

Constitutional Safeguard

The most important provisions under Act, Section 4 are protected by Amendment, Section 3.

Parrish Report

The Electoral Trust will be an independent agency of the Federal Government similar to, for example, the Federal Reserve Board. One facet of that similarity is that the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve Board, like the Electoral Trust, is not under the authority of the President of the United States or any other government entity. But, unlike the Federal Reserve Board, whose members are appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate, and unlike all other independent agencies of the federal government, the members of the Board of Trustees of the Electoral Trust will be elected by the citizens of the states they represent, and are not subject to confirmation by any government entity. The Electoral Trust is a true agency of the People.

The Electoral Trust will organize itself under the leadership of the Director to pursue its mission with transparency as soon as possible after the enactment of the National Initiative. The term transparency refers to the fact that every aspect of the Electoral Trust's activities will, to the extent feasible, be open and accessible to the public. This information will equip the citizens to make changes, if they so choose, using initiatives, in any element of the Electoral Trust or to impeach any person who holds a position in the Electoral Trust.

Feedback from the 2002 Democracy Symposium

The Act should specifically state that the Executive Committee also governs the Trust.

Stern & Holman, 2002, p. 9

This suggestion was adopted.