Democracy means voting on POLICIES not on politicians

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Sunday March 03, 2002 01:24

by Aki ORR

aki_orr at netvision dot net dot il

Using magnetic cards for voting makes vote-counting immediate. This enables voters to vote directly on POLICIES rather than on politicians. Voting on POLICIES - not Rule by Representatives - is genuine democracy.

DEMOCRACY MEANS VOTING ON POLICIES NOT ON POLITICIANS.

The Bush/Gore vote-counting fiasco in Florida revealed the inadequacy
of antiquated voting by paper ballot.
Why use paper ballot and not a magnetic card?
Voting by magnetic card is simpler, faster, safer, and more reliable.
Counting is immediate, automatic, and foolproof.
All it requires is issuing magnetic voting cards to voters, setting up
voting terminals, and a central computer to count inputs from terminals.
All this costs less than a squadron of F-16 planes.
When counting is immediate we can vote directly on POLICIES
rather than on POLITICIANS.
Voting on POLICIES - not Rule by Representatives - is genuine democracy.
Voting directly on policies minimizes corruption and cost of governance.
Voting on policies is NOT A REFERENDUM if voters propose policies.
Using TV to discuss proposals citizens can phone-in their proposals.
Panels of experts, drawn by LOTTERY, can discuss proposals, and answer
questions and criticism phoned-in by the public.
TV discussion followed by a first round of voting can select a few proposals.
Repeating this will select policies for a final vote.
Direct voting on policies should also be done at Work, Education, and Family.
Voting on policies will change people's political apathy and selfishness
induced by Rule of Representatives. It stimulates people's concern for,
and responsibility for, society. Deciding directly what their society should
do makes people concerned about society, and responsible for it.
Demand your right to vote directly on policies,
not on politicians.

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For WHOM?

by Mike

Sun Mar 03, 2002 23:25

stepbystepfarm at shaysnet dot com

Uh, kind of ahead of these considerations I would think belong the idea that democracy (for any society) involves decisions by the people of THAT society.

Now this DID appear to be a suggestion for democracy in the US. But the address of the poster is not. Now maybe that's OK, we can of course post from any location. But in that case the article DOES need an "in spite of the address, I am an American and thus entitled to an opinion of what kind of democracy America should have".

That said, I would like to respond. Maybe this conception of democracy might suit a SMALL country with little cultural diversity. It scarcely suits the situation of a society whihc is large and composed of many relatively small groups where NOTHING (ie: no policy decisions) would have majority support prior to bargaining between different interests. The US functions by the concept of "log rolling".

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