No. The daily work and discourse that surrounds our country, from the county level to the top, is inseparable from electoral processes and politics. That should be obvious, but we are conditioned to believe otherwise as our media remains a separate pillar from civic actions/institutions. This is one of two central reasons why “the people” have been unable to exercise positive influence and so, have no control over their destinies. The policies that are discussed and laws that are enacted every day in all the city halls, statehouses and the federal congress affect all of us, every day; from the roads we drive on, to the schools we send our children to, to issues of public health and to where we send our armies and why. And, in light of saturation media and public focus on major politicians and events, every day is already that derivative toothless election day; the energy and time is being expended! However, what drives such decision making we are no part of! Nevertheless, these daily activities should involve regular and structured treatment that results in high level communications and clear decision making processes between our citizens, elected officials- and with them the government beyond. It is only by creating such an ecosystem that election day can become the culminating event of an on-going process of eternal vigilance, executed by highly motivated and informed citizens; the medium of the electoral landscape this network will create. But, in order to do this we must be aware that when it comes to destinies, public officials will always be sensitive to those who control theirs. Here, who that could and should be has been firmly established; but the leverage the public owns must be used. As to those citizens less inclined to take a hearty interest in these affairs, they still have a very important role to play and need not be wasted. They too can enjoy use of the network; perhaps more closely aligned to coming elections. Their presence, simply as registrants and super voters, will provide great weight to this assembly and its work as the Citizens Access Network does its job. At times of their choosing, they will be able the leverage the careful analysis derived from the activities of their more engaged fellow citizens, that is unfiltered and belonging to no special interests. Good decisions will be made while major political power will still rest, and endure, with their participation. In this way people at all levels of interest and engagement – and at all levels - can contribute and have a big impact.

Absolutely not! Electoral rules and elections themselves are formulated and conducted at the state/local level. Electioneering is simply the means by which the public engages aspiring or incumbent elected officials in electoral processes. Given the present mind-set and methods these activities do no more than produce content leading to the singular, isolated act of casting a mass, derivative vote; performed on an election day. The aim must be to change the foundation of our electoral processes and create a medium for the ultimate power of self-government our constitutional system was based and built on. This authority cannot be left of the stuff of an afterthought! Understanding these activities holistically, as an electoral landscape, allows the medium to form as we leverage:

• The organic, self-organizing principles of voting districts
• The power to nominate: all elected officials, at all levels, in all election cycles
• The networking power of the Internet

In order to end the era of money-media-election complex dominance, we must overturn the failed model of the "single author broadcasting" that remains unchanged and unchanging; despite the 'digital revolution' and the advent of so called alternative media. Without a workable media, nothing can work and our current - and sole - media model will not serve the needs of constitutional republic that is dependent on the medium that elections were meant to and must be. On-line voting - which this effort is not advocating – is not at all the same thing as creating that medium which would allow the processes of electioneering to be engaged in the specially purposed environment of the Citizens Access Network.