I read their proposal.
https://represent.us/anticorruption-...ource=homepage
Term limits are a great idea, the rest of what they propose is either ineffective, or unrelated to corruption in office by officials.
Ranked voting: How's that working out for NYC? It's a shitty idea at best.
Gerrymandering: Right now the biggest problem isn't gerrymandering but both parties setting districts friendly to them, and then there's "minority" majority districts to consider. Arizona already has an independent districting commission and all of the above still happens. The proposed solution won't work base on actual attempts to use it.
Open primaries: Why not 2 round voting instead? The first round eliminates all but the top 2 or 3 for an office with the largest 2 parties having a candidate included. Then there's a second round of voting for a winner. No primaries necessary.
Vote by mail and automatic voter registration: These do nothing to stop corruption or collusion in office by politicians
Public funding of elections: Highly unpopular and usually struck down as unconstitutional by the Supreme court.
As for lobbying and such:
If you make it illegal for lobbyists to donate they will just work in parallel with organizations that can donate. The donations might get laundered through several hands to ensure there's no provable link between lobbyist efforts and the money but the end result will be the same as it is now.
As for politicians getting cushy jobs post office, that too is virtually unenforceable.
Instead, severely limit terms in office. Give little or no perks or benefits when the individual ends their term of service. No retirement, no other benefits. They have to get a job like the rest of us, thank you for your service. This is the best way to ensure minimal corruption. Politicians simply don't have the time to get corrupt in office and even if they do the damage is limited because they're soon gone by term limits.
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