Until our representatives are paid only by the voter we can expect representation by special-interest and dysfunctional representative democracy. We at Renew Democracy feel that currently our legislators are not motivated correctly for our representational democracy to function. We feel crucial reform is necessary to restore the primacy of the American voter in the political process. We feel that unless our representatives are motivated to represent only the voters, our current broken system cannot be transformed. We need to take the steps to a small donor democracy.  . Our proposal would be a significant restructuring of the current motivation that present campaign “pay for play” creates in our representatives. The Renew Democracy Amendment proposes in part that “The right to contribute to political campaigns and political parties is held solely by individual citizens.” This strong statement alleviates concern about the status of any organization as it would no longer be able to contribute. No corporate money, no union money, no money from the Chamber of Commerce or Moveon.org.  The RDA would: Eliminate the huge advantage wealthy candidates have in our current political process by allowing only the amount of the individual donation from the candidate.. Eliminate political party funding of candidates and campaigns which would dramatically shrink the influence of the political parties on our legislators. End the Electoral College which is less democratic than one person one vote and is manipulated currently by state legislatures and could be used to disenfranchise presidential voters. Eliminate political party funding of candidates and campaigns which would dramatically shrink the influence of the political parties on our legislators. Create a federal guarantee of the right to vote in all elections for which the voters qualified. Create a constitutional framework for legislation regulating soft money and PACs. Set a limit for individual donations based on average disposable income. This limit would be the basis for contention however if the limit is set below a threshold that would create a quid pro quo for legislative action than any potential voter could be a maximum contributor if they were sufficiently motivated in the eyes of the legislator. We think Only the Voter Should Buy Politicians