I. GRASSROOTS DEMOCRACY

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Grassroots democracy is one of the basic principles of the international Green movement.

It is a value that Greens accept without equivocation, condition or reservation, to be implemented wherever possible.

We seek to increase public participation in government and make office-holders accountable to the people.

We seek legislation to stop corporations funding or participating in the democratic process.

We seek to outlaw corporate funding of candidates, campaigns and political action committees (PACs) that produce issue advertising.

Removing powerful corporate entities from politics will increase the power of the individual voter and encourage greater participation in electoral politics.

We support direct democratic participation, as in the New Hampshire town-meeting model.