"This legislation really goes to the heart of an issue that both myself and U.S. Term Limits feel very strongly about. That is, that the people should make the decision not only on who represents them, but on how they ought to choose their representatives. It's not enough to give the people a choice between representative A and representative B. They ought to have the choice as to how representative A or representative B or C or D is elected.... The people, not Congress, should get to decide these kinds of empowerment issues.... This bill increases choice for states and for people, and for that reason I support this bill."
Paul Jacob, executive director of U.S. Term Limits, at 10/26/95 press conference announcing Cynthia McKinney's legislation