It can be tricky with yes and no logic and how the issues are presented. I've read several proposals that were voted in my local city council, and without havin

It can be tricky with yes and no logic and how the issues are presented. I've read several proposals that were voted in my local city council, and without having excellent reading skills into the council jargon it would be really easy to vote wrong. To further negate the relations, there might be a vote for an opposing proposal, so if you want to support the original you vote no. I usually understand what I read relatively easily, including articles on complex algorithms, but had I had a seat in the city council these would've stunned me several times. For things with big impact like state parliament and EU votes there should be a clear announcement before the vote to clarify which "side" the voting works out to be.