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Wednesday, October 26, 2011

Direct Democracy at the Local Level

Each citizen has a direct vote on all proposed laws via his/her own HIRED/lobbyist/proxy representative.


Steps toward a real democracy:

1.     A candidate city council member agrees to vote with the majority of a poll (vote) of the residents.

2.     The voter poll is run by a hired third party with appropriate security and transparency.

3.     Residents may assign their vote in the poll to a proxy (a person who follows the issue, your hired representative).

4.     The resident voter provides a general directive regarding how the proxy is to vote, or may rescind the proxy and vote personally.

5.     A proposed law is generated and approved for polling by the voters (or their proxies) before an enactment vote.

6.     There may be many rejected proposed laws before one is approved to be voted upon.

7.     The electronic poll is protected by password and can be audited by the voter.

8.     A voter can be anonymous or named at the option of the voter 

9.     The Council Member votes according to the results of the poll.

See the other blog: "A Government You Can Love"
 for answers to frequently asked questions about this special form of direct democracy. 

Vote on an example on whether Sunnyvale should dedicate 1 of 3 lanes of El Camino to busses and bikes only. This is just practice, as the issue is dead. Just vote to show you have a pulse :)

I have started developing this system. If you want to contribute or help, please send me an email: tgreg99@yahoo.com Thanks for your attention. 

Edit 11/18/17 and a version of it just started Michael Allman: Congressional candidate for California's 52nd District  Hope it goes viral.

1 comment:

tg said...

People are reluctant to vote. Why?