Restoring
FREE AND EQUAL
elections requires game-changing innovation.
Wilson’s Fountain reforms the relationship between politicians and money.
A constitutional principle resurfaces.
In 1790, Constitutional author and Supreme Court Justice James Wilson called free and equal elections “the original fountain” from which all of democracy flows. He warned if that fountain is poisoned, all branches of government would suffer gravely.
A strategy to defeat gerrymandering.
Today, gerrymandering—the reshaping of districts to give one party an outsized advantage—has proven Wilson right in ways he never imagined.
Contests in gerrymandered districts results in elections that are all but predetermined. This creates the extremism responsible for the toxic dysfunction we see today.
When elections are truly free and equal, representation shifts to be in line with what the majority of constituents actually want.
Wilson’s Fountain is a way to elevate the candidates who will broadly represent their district or state. It restores the voice of the people while dampening the influence of money, which is now the most powerful force in government.
A novel use of the political committee system.
It starts with a repurposing of our system for delivering elections. FEC regulations govern how political committees receive, spend and transfer funds.
Unfortunately, financial incentives inherent in the system motivate career politicians to toe the party line over representing their constituents.
A paradigm shift, combined with technology and statistics, allows the same committee system to restore democracy as the Framers intended.
Wilson’s Fountain is comprised of three components.
The “pump” in Wilson’s Fountain is a political party built on operating a truly free and equal nominating system. The Party is not based on ideology, but on a fair process.
A local committee runs the nominating system and customizes it for the district.
A Super PAC manages an uncoordinated general election campaign for the winner, now the party nominee.
Technology creates a new experience.
A free and equal nominating system delivered online will dramatically increase constituent participation. It elevates candidates motivated to serve local interests and thereby improves the quality of representation.
The platform offers potential officeholders direct access to constituents, and vice versa. Civic engagement is initiated by the constituent, not an intrusion on their television or cell phone.
Exactly how does Wilson’s Fountain work?
