Civics Info Page

CivicStory’s Civics Info page is a conversation between documents to prompt consideration of contemporary issues in view of both past and future. We seek connections between our country’s founding purposes, ideals, and election processes, and request viewers to consider the range of responsibilities that we undertake to choose the leaders who will represent us in our representative democracy.

Civics invites us to think of ourselves as citizens in relation to the whole community. In a civics context, we can envision successful outcomes to the national conventions in July (R) and August (D) and ensure that we have a choice of exemplary candidates on all levels of government from local to national.

Two Preambles to our Major Parties’ Operating Bylaws – Compare these Stated Goals

New Jersey Political Party Affiliation Declaration Form – View Our Wide Choice of Parties and Languages

How to Limit the Effects of Factions - Read Extracts from Madison’s Federalist No. 10

Enjoy Inspiring Phrases from a Surprise Convention Speech, July 1940

Read Key Excerpts from the US Constitution – Preamble and Article II