A campaign to get criminal-justice reform into both party platforms
Criminal Justice reform is about core American values, not partisanship. The policies and laws that deprive people of their liberty and the pursuit of justice are serious and affect their friends, loved ones, and people of every political background.
It’s important that both political parties embrace justice reform prominently in their platforms.
And there’s a simple, yet effective way for you to get involved – attend your party’s convention!
- Watch our short how-to video on participating in the Republican precinct convention or the Democratic County/SD convention
- Find out the time, location, and date of your convention
- Download the list of criminal justice resolutions
- Take the resolutions and propose them at your convention
How To Participate in a Political Party Convention
In these videos, you will a gain basic understanding of how to become a full and active convention participant at a Republican precinct convention or Democratic County/SD convention. The process is simple and low key, and a you’ll have a strong voice in this setting. View the video that corresponds to your party affiliation to learn more about how to navigate these upcoming conventions.
Democratic County/SD Conventions
Republican Precinct Conventions
Resolutions
The goal is to push bi-partisan criminal justice resolutions through the convention process into the Republican and Democratic party platforms. Download and print out the document below for your political party, and take all, some, or one of them to your convention.
Democratic Criminal Justice Resolutions – Download
In this document:
- Resolution relating to cell phone data privacy
- Resolution relating to abolishing Texas’ Driver Responsibility Program
- Resolution relating to militarization of police
- Resolution relating to Civil Penalty for Marijuana Offense
- Resolution relating to Medical Marijuana
- Resolution relating to Civil Asset Forfeiture
- Resolution relating to arrest and jail for non-jailable minor offenses like traffic tickets
- Resolution relating to Pretrial Release
- Resolution relating to raising the age of criminal responsibility from 17 to 18 years
- Resolution relating to “consent” searches at traffic stops
- Resolution relating to use of force
- Resolution related to our bloated prison system
- Resolution to close unsafe juvenile prisons
- Resolution to treat drug addiction and reduce crime
- Resolution to defend the rights of citizens accused
- Resolution to end debtor’s prison in Texas
Republican Criminal Justice Resolutions – Download
In this document:
- Resolution relating to cell phone data privacy
- Resolution relating to abolishing Texas’ Driver Responsibility Program
- Resolution relating to militarization of police
- Resolution relating to Civil Penalty for Marijuana Offense
- Resolution relating to Medical Cannabis
- Resolution relating to Civil Asset Forfeiture
- Resolution relating to arrest and jail for non-jailable minor offenses like traffic tickets
- Resolution relating to Pre-trial Release
- Resolution relating to raising the age of criminal responsibility from 17 to 18 years
- Resolution relating to “consent” searches at traffic stops
- Resolution relating to use of force reporting
- Resolution related to our bloated prison system
- Resolution to close unsafe juvenile prisons
- Resolution to treat drug addiction and reduce crime
- Resolution to defend the rights of citizens accused
- Resolution to end debtor’s prison in Texas