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Structural Ideal #10
Maximize Enfranchisement
The Accord assumes a worst-case occupant of every office. These reforms protect against abuse by any president of any party.
The Accord's fiscal architecture requires a functioning democracy to sustain it. 28 structural reforms across five categories — not aspirational principles, but specific legislative vehicles with red-team analysis of each.
These reforms complement the Accord's architectural safeguards against power abuse. How the Accord prevents surveillance and overreach →
Why this is an Ideal, not an Engine: Democracy reforms don't generate revenue or deliver services. They ensure the system that does both remains accountable to the people it serves. Without these structural constraints, any sufficiently motivated actor — of any party — can dismantle the architecture through emergency powers, impoundment, judicial manipulation, or the slow erosion of oversight capacity. The Accord bets that a government which performs as promised will be permitted to continue. These reforms ensure the electorate can accurately evaluate that performance — and that the machinery of government cannot be weaponized against the evaluation itself.
Legislative note: Cards marked 60-Vote require Senate supermajority. Cards marked Reconciliation can pass through budget reconciliation with a simple majority. The Accord sequences reconciliation items first to build the fiscal architecture before pursuing structural reforms requiring broader consensus.