Operating Rules of
THE AMERICAN TRUTH IN POLITICS ASSOCIATION
and AFFILIATED STATE ASSOCIATIONS
[The
paragraphs below are operating rules to be included within the formal ATIPA and
STIP bylaws, not yet constructed.]
A. Purpose
In conformance with Title 26 Section 527 of the US Code, the primary purpose of this unincorporated nonprofit political association is to conduct the following Exempt Function:
Influencing, or attempting to influence, the selection, nomination, election, or appointment of an individual to a federal, state, or local public office, or office in a political organization, or the election of Presidential or Vice Presidential electors.
B. Goals
1.
Create, perform, and perfect a scientific testing program aimed at elevating
the honesty and the dedication to the U.S. Constitution of the legislative
bodies - the U.S. Congress and the state legislatures - which define the
policies and the laws governing the United States.
2.
Identify those candidates for public office who take and successfully pass a
VSA examination in which they allege their intended honesty and support of the
Constitution.
3. Build and maintain a Certified Examiner Corps and a network of state administrative organizations, all fully trusted by the public, to administer such VSA examinations and to return the results of these tests to the tested candidates for their campaign usage..
C. General Provisions
1. These Bylaw provisions shall apply
to the American Truth in Politics Association (the national entity, hereinafter
NTIP) and to the several affiliated State Truth in Politics Associations (the
state entities, each hereinafter an STIP).
2. Every effort will be made to prevent
any portion of this Truth in Politics organization (hereinafter TIP) from
becoming dominated or destroyed by persons of great wealth or power who may
fear its outcomes. Thus, if the NTIP organization is attacked and
destroyed, the STIP organizations shall undertake to create a replacement NTIP
entity. Also, the STIP organizations will operate substantially
independently of each other, so that the destruction of one will not significantly
impact the operation of all the others.
3. NTIP shall derive its support only from
the dues of the STIP affiliates. These affiliates shall derive their
funding exclusively from their in-state registered voters, with no fee or
donation accepted in excess of a prescribed maximum (e.g., $1000) from any
individual over a fiscal year. No contribution may be accepted to which
restrictions are attached concerning how such funds are to be used. No
financial support may be accepted from any organization or any branch of
government.
4. Funds received by NTIP or an STIP shall
be used only for services rendered in furtherance of ATIPA's stated
purpose. No TIP funds shall be contributed to any political party,
candidate, or campaign committee, or be used to influence federal, state, or
local legislation or non-candidate ballot measures. Contributed funds
shall not be permitted to accumulate (beyond a normal contingency reserve), but
shall be spent within a reasonably short time after their receipt.
5. The TIP association shall have no
shareholders or other individuals having a personal or private interest in the
resources of NTIP or an STIP, and no TIP resource shall be used for the private
profit or selfish advantage of any individual.
6. The names of individuals contributing
to or purchasing the publications or other services of NTIP or STIP shall not
be rented, sold, or given to any individual or other entity.
D. NTIP Functions
1. Establish a standard protocol for
VSA testing of candidates for public office. The questions to be asked,
and the methods to be used in assigning examiners and in evaluating the
resulting test materials, shall be applied uniformly throughout the country
insofar as practicable.
2. Establish a standard protocol for
selecting, training (if necessary and practicable), periodically testing, and
ultimately certifying candidate VSA examiners as Certified Examiners acceptable
to NTIP for the purpose of performing VSA examinations of candidates for public
office and of TIP administrative and testing personnel as required by the TIP
bylaws.
3. Establish a standard protocol for
selecting, periodically testing, and accepting individuals as Voting Members of
an STIP affiliate. The acceptance of such local membership shall be
communicated to and certified and archived by NTIP, upon which it shall be made
available to all other STIP affiliates.
4. Invite Voting Members of STIP
affiliates to be interviewed and otherwise examined for selection as Voting
Members of NTIP. Such Voting Members shall in turn be empowered to
nominate, examine, and elect from their own membership an NTIP Board of
Directors. In turn, the Board of Directors shall have the power, at its
sole discretion, to appoint or remove from office the several operating officers
of NTIP, including a President, a Secretary, and a Treasurer.
5. Publicize and make economically
available to the public the standard relevant questions to be asked in VSA
examinations of candidates for public office, of VSA examiners, and of NTIP and
STIP administrative personnel.
6. Archive for all historical purposes,
and make such archives available to all STIP affiliates, the VSA examination
data and data analyses of candidates for public office and of Voting Members,
Boards of Directors, and officers of NTIP and of STIP affiliates.
7. Help to create and maintain throughout
the
8. Tender to candidates running for
President of the United States invitations to submit to the standard VSA
testing, administer the test to those accepting it, and report to such
candidates the results of those tests, all of which shall be completed a few
months prior to the first Presidential primary election, caucus, convention, or
equivalent.
9. Modify the TIP Bylaws only in
accordance with the majority vote of the NTIP Voting Members so directing.
E. STIP Functions
1. Prior to primary elections in
partisan contests, or the earliest election for candidates for nonpartisan
offices, announce to the public the ATIPA policy of inviting all such
candidates within the jurisdiction of a particular STIP to submit to the
standard VSA testing. For those accepting, organize and administer the
tests, and submit the test materials to the Certified Examiners for
analysis. Return the results of that analysis to NTIP for archival
purposes and to the tested candidates for their use, including their volitional
disclosure of the results to the public media. No ATIPA entity shall
itself publicly disclose the testing status or test results for an individual
candidate.
2. Recruit Sustaining Members from voters
within the STIP's own state. An annual fee shall be required from such
Sustaining Members, constituting the STIP's sole source of income. A portion of
that fee shall be sent to NTIP for its maintenance, in accordance with the
bylaws.
3. From the Sustaining Membership, recruit
Voting Members in accordance with the protocol established by NTIP. The
STIP Voting Members shall be empowered to examine, nominate, and elect from
among its own members an STIP Board of Directors, which in turn will elect its
officers, including a President, a Secretary, and a Treasurer.
4. At its discretion examine and appoint
Chairmen of county TIP committees (hereinafter CTIP) to administer STIP
functions within that smaller jurisdiction, including recruitment of Sustaining
Members and the administration of VSA testing.
5. Offer to waive the examination expenses
for any candidate for public office who requests such assistance, and for whom
such an expense is deemed by STIP to be a significant burden. If the
expense is to be borne by the candidate, the payment shall be made to
STIP. STIP shall always be responsible, and solely responsible, for
paying the fees and expenses owed to the Certified Examiners who analyze the
VSA tests. An Examiner may never accept a payment or anything of value
from a subject being tested.
6. If, in the judgment of a majority of
the STIP organizations, the NTIP organization becomes dysfunctional or
nonfunctional, the STIP organizations are directed to develop a course of
action to create and emplace a replacement NTIP organization which will uphold
the fundamental TIP purposes and means stated in the bylaws.
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