DOCUMENTS AND RESOURCES Citizens Ratification Inc. – Educational Page INTRO This section provides access to the authoritative documents that define the Citizens Ratification Amendment, the Citizens Ratification Branch, and Citizens Ratification Inc. All materials are drawn from the signed and locked master reference maintained by CRI. Every document listed below is part of the single, living authoritative corpus. Earlier drafts, superseded funding figures, and historical formulations are retained only for developmental research and possess no operative force. The final Amendment text, the signed CRI Bylaws with all twelve Appendix Notes, the signed CRB Charter and Financials, the complete white-paper series, the full rebuttal library (1–66), and the master project index constitute the exclusive source of truth for the project. 07.01 AUTHORITATIVE AMENDMENT TEXT The complete current text of the Citizens Ratification Amendment (Proposed Amendment XXVIII), including the full description of its meaning and operation. This is the sole authoritative version. All earlier iterations are historical only. The document contains the final, locked constitutional text beginning with the preamble “The people of the United States, in order to restore and secure the enduring consent of the governed\ldots” and continuing through every operative clause: the monthly Portal process, jurisdiction-specific selections, state-of-the-art authentication, the ten-percent participation threshold, the three-strike rule distinguishing laws/executive orders from regulations, the Master Law Library as sole authoritative register, non-revealing placeholders for classified measures, the Citizen Commons, the Director and state-appointed Board governance structure, the no-employee contractor model, the twenty-years-to-life anti-tampering penalties, the mandatory Treasury funding formula, and the self-executing character of the entire Amendment. The accompanying full description confirms that passage of this text achieves every core purpose, mechanism, safeguard, and outcome set forth in the CRA master reference. No AI or other party is authorized to make sweeping edits; every correction requires explicit approval and is applied only to this final version. 07.02 SIGNED CRI BYLAWS & APPENDIX The signed CRI Bylaws together with all 12 Appendix Notes. These documents establish CRI as a temporary nonpartisan nonprofit, define its governance (three unpaid Voting Officers, up to ten Voting Stakeholders, unanimous approval rules), zero-compensation policy, and automatic dissolution process. The signed Bylaws constitute the governing instrument of Citizens Ratification Inc. They establish the corporation as a private, non-governmental, nonpartisan nonprofit whose sole purpose is to develop, promote, and support passage and implementation of the Citizens Ratification Amendment. Governance is vested in three unpaid Voting Officers (President, Vice President, Secretary) holding equal votes and up to ten Voting Stakeholders who serve as the ratification and oversight body. All bylaw amendments, officer appointments, and removals require unanimous approval of the active Voting Officers and Voting Stakeholders (and Emeritus Members for amendments). No officer, stakeholder, or volunteer receives any salary, wage, or benefit. The Bylaws mandate automatic dissolution ninety days after the President confirms the six implementation milestones, require donation of all residual assets to qualified charities, and permanently bar rebranding or continuation. The twelve Appendix Notes supply authoritative operational detail: Note 1 defines the six CRB implementation milestones; Note 2 elaborates the unanimous-voting rule; Note 3 requires annual website disclosure of donations and spending; Note 4 addresses confidential measures; Note 5 governs dissolution scope and the limited Convention of States; Note 6 clarifies the President’s verification role; Note 8 and Note 9 address attorney compliance and funding of legal fees from residual assets; Note 10 requires public notice; Note 11 sets communication strategy; and Note 12 confirms the President’s authority to dissolve by any lawful means while remaining liable for compliance. 07.03 SIGNED CRB CHARTER & FINANCIALS The signed CRB Charter and complementary Financials documents. They define the permanent fourth branch, its Director and state Board structure, no-employee contractor model, Portal requirements, Master Law Library, Sentinel AI, funding formula, and anti-tampering rules. The signed Charter establishes the Citizens Ratification Branch as a permanent, coequal, and strictly limited fourth branch whose sole function is to administer the citizen right to ratify or reject measures. It details the Director appointed by the President, the Board of one member appointed by each state Governor, the absolute prohibition on employees, the requirement that every contract be terminable by the Board at any time without cause or penalty, compensation paid solely by appointing authorities, the secure Portal with state-of-the-art authentication, the Master Law Library as sole authoritative register, Sentinel as publicly visible neutral AI with no authority over outcomes, randomized five-member investigative boards, and the comprehensive anti-tampering regime punishable by twenty years to life. The complementary Financials document locks the funding model: mandatory Treasury appropriations, initial twenty-five billion dollars per year until twenty-five million citizens register, thereafter approximately one thousand dollars per registered citizen per year inflation-adjusted, exclusive use for Portal, Library, and citizen services, and absolute prohibition on all external revenue. 07.04 WHITE PAPERS Supporting white papers, including the Funding & Authority analysis and other clarifying documents that explain the constitutional and operational design of the CRA and CRB. The white-paper series includes, among others: Clear Answers to the Most Common Questions and Concerns How the CRA Protects Individual Liberty How the Citizens Ratification Branch Is Funded How the Citizens Ratification Branch Is Organized How the Temporary Nonprofit Citizens Ratification Inc. Is Organized The Master Law Library Mission & Vision Why Ordinary Citizens Need a Permanent, Peaceful Way to Oversee the Laws The Permanent Structure of the Citizens Ratification Branch Practical Steps and Protections That Make the CRA Work Introduction and Why the CRA Was Created The Broken Arrow and the Living Circle Each white paper is written to the highest legal standard, quotes the authoritative Amendment text, and explains the corresponding operational safeguard without introducing any new rule or altering the locked constitutional language. 07.05 HIGH-RESOLUTION BRANDING ASSETS Official logo blocks and high-resolution branding assets for CRI, CRA, and CRB, together with usage guidelines that protect the integrity of the project. Authorized logo blocks, high-resolution image files, and related visual assets for Citizens Ratification Inc., the Citizens Ratification Amendment, and the Citizens Ratification Branch are maintained under CRI control. Usage guidelines require that the marks be employed only in accurate, non-misleading contexts that correctly represent the temporary character of CRI, the limited nature of the CRB, and the precise text of the Amendment. Unauthorized alteration or commercial exploitation is prohibited. 07.06 VIDEO LIBRARY INDEX Index of official videos and presentations that explain the Amendment, the Branch, and the ratification process. Placeholders on each page of this site will be replaced with the corresponding videos as they are finalized. The index catalogs the official video series, including (but not limited to) introductions to Sentinel AI, the probability modeling system, ancillary educational tools, the no-external-revenue rule, the no-employee contractor model, the gridlock rebuttal, the Director and Board structure, and related explanatory presentations. Each entry is cross-referenced to the corresponding section of the master reference. As videos are finalized they replace the placeholders that currently appear on the educational pages. 07.07 EDUCATIONAL ONE-PAGERS & GRAPHICS Shareable one-pagers, graphics, and educational materials suitable for personal networks, civic groups, homeschool use, and legislative outreach. These materials present the core elements of the Amendment—continuing consent, the three-strike rule, the ten-percent threshold, jurisdiction filtering, the Master Law Library, the limited fourth branch, and the dual-track ratification path—in concise, accurate, nonpartisan form. They are designed for free public distribution and are written to the same standard of precision as the white papers. 07.08 MASTER PROJECT INDEX & NOTES The living master project index and organizational notes that keep all primary authoritative documents, historical versions, and supporting files properly ordered and cross-referenced. The master index (00_Master-Index and subordinate folders) maintains the definitive file hierarchy: Support of All Kinds, CRA text and principles, CRB structure, CRI governance, How Ratification Works, Rebuttals 1–66, Documents and Resources, and About/Contact. Organizational notes record update dates, version control, the separation of active locked content from historical archives, and the rule that no AI may make sweeping edits without explicit approval of each change. The index ensures that every primary document remains the single source of truth and that superseded materials are clearly segregated. For the complete set of signed PDFs, full rebuttal library (1–66), and locked master reference files, contact Citizens Ratification Inc. through the official channels listed on the site. Source: ACTIVE CRA PROJECT SUMMARY & MASTER REFERENCE President: Jeff Gunson (USAF Ret.), Citizens Ratification Inc. Contact: (903) 646-1735 | JeffGunson@hotmail.com | www.CitizensRatification.com