What exactly is GOOOH? GOOOH stands for "Get Out Of Our House" and is pronounced like the word GO. Our mission is to replace the 435 career politicians who have taken over our House of Representatives with everyday Americans just like you, perhaps even you. GOOOH is a non-partisan process that: 1. Allows you and your peers to actively participate in the selection of your representative. 2. Allows you and your peers to determine, among yourselves, who can best represent your District. 3. Replaces career politicians with true representatives. 4. Ends the influence of special interest groups. 5. Holds representatives accountable. How will GOOOH candidates be different than politicians? Our candidates will behave very differently because they: 1. Will clearly document their stance on 100+ issues in the Candidate Questionnaire 2. Will be chosen by their peers in a rigorous candidate selection process 3. Will be legally obligated to vote according to their Candidate Questionnaire answers 4. Will truly represent the political views of people in their district 5. Will not be controlled by a party 6. Will not owe millions of dollars in favors to special interest groups Is GOOOH a third party? No! GOOOH is a process. We will use one of six methods to get on the ballot, and forming a party is one tactic that could be used, but we are not a party by any current definition of the term. We do not have a national or even state platform. We will have 435 independent candidates. How can GOOOH be non-partisan? Individuals who participate in the GOOOH process will each define their own platform via the Candidate Questionnaire. GOOOH provides a framework where participants in each of the 435 congressional districts can select the GOOOH candidate that best represents that district. We anticipate that GOOOH candidates will have unique platforms that are neither entirely left nor right of center but a mixture based on the unique preferences of their district. Generally speaking, we anticipate that the GOOOH candidate selected by the San Francisco district participants will be a bit left of center, while the candidate selected by the Colorado Springs district participants will be right of center. GOOOH candidates will be true representatives of each district's political views. How does the GOOOH process work? There are ~250 million eligible voters in America and we need but one half of 1% of the population to participate in the process - though everyone is welcome. Participants are required to complete a Candidate Questionnaire that is composed of 100+ questions covering some of the most important issues of our day. Once we achieve critical mass in membership we will ask those who have chosen to participate to donate $100. The funds will be used to promote GOOOH and finance a single national campaign for our 435 candidates. Once we have the membership needed to succeed participants will be sorted, randomly, into pools of ten within their congressional district. Each pool will use our peer-selection process to select two candidates who will advance to the next round. The process will repeat until a single person emerges in each of the 435 congressional districts. Since every district is unique in its political views, we expect the final 435 GOOOH candidates to run the political spectrum from liberal to conservative. Candidates are required to sign a binding agreement, before they are selected, that ensures they will vote according to their documented answers once in office. If they do not, they will be legally obligated to resign within 72 hours. GOOOH candidates will be Representatives, not politicians - just as our Founding Fathers intended. http://www.meetup.com/GOOOH-Virginia-1st-District/