Platform Amendments

Amendment text must be submitted by May 12 for inclusion in the agenda packet & posting for discussion.

Item 1 - Criminal Justice Reform update

Item 2 - Explicit endorsement of minimum income/universal basic income

Item 3 - Eco-socialist affirmation

Item 4 - Government secrecy

Item 5 - Update Public Health policy

Item 6 - Economic Sustainability

Platform Preliminary Review Report

notes for GPTX SEC by Laura Palmer -

As progress is made in demands for issues, (Great Reset) we must center the demand for Human Rights - life, liberty, & the pursuit of happiness- our Bill of Rights, respected and inviolate by Gov overreach and abuse of authority. The right to basic human dignity, food, shelter, healthcare, peace, livable environment, free of oppression; all of these are included in our call for Human Dignity.

General: needs updating, some sections becoming patchwork needing editing for cohesion, some perceived deficiencies noted in bold.

Specifics:

I A 10 - call for live streaming of ballot boxes?

I B 3 - references to Louisiana & Mississippi?

II A 8 - 2004 stem cell standard reference needs update? Also, public health section has focus on HIV/AIDS & lacks update for wider public health concerns.

Cannabis policy references are spread out; II A 9 is Medical, II B 12 recreational, II C 12 criminal justice.

II B 3 ; II C 6 Add end qualified immunity; II C 13 defund - reallocate budgets

II C 9 - National Real ID?

II I 8 - ex-Bracero?

II I 9 - asylum?

III E & F - dated 2003; G recycling

IV B - minimum income 

IV D - Economics; reconciliation of anti-capitalist/eco-socialist/community-driven economics plank. National adopted more assertive language 2016.

Cuba embargo, excelsior lists, update of prison labor policy?

Addition of provisions regarding government secrecy & whistleblower protections, free press?