Amendment XXIX is the story of American citizen patriots re-inventing their political system, saving their country, and advancing democracy in the world. In this first volume of The Democracy Saga, the major political parties stumble, just as a new voice emerges. This voice resonates with all those who realize that America’s political system is broken. The new Voice of Independence Party (VIP) reminds voters that the promise of “government by the people” remains unfulfilled – primarily, because this is not the true goal of the oligarchies who manage the red and blue camps. The platform of the VIP is simple. They will prescribe to the Citizenry the lead role in defining the national policies that most affect their lives. The vehicle for this empowerment will be a National Referendum System, where the policy decisions of the People are binding on the other three branches of government. Under the guiding hand of President T. J. Carroll, the twenty-ninth amendment becomes a reality, the United States begins the next logical phase in the evolution of Democracy, and America regains a position of moral leadership in a world still too often ruled by elites.