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In the same vein, what if we had a system that actually allowed people to keep track of the issues that mattered to them and vote on them when it was convenient
by knowaveragejoe 14y ago
In the same vein, what if we had a system that actually allowed people to keep track of the issues that mattered to them and vote on them when it was convenient? There could be a window period of a month or so where you could vote on a given issue from a web app or smartphone app. Of course, this requires some sort of government ID or some other non-fungible identification to prevent rigging the vote, among other issues. Of course, only people who feel strongly about an issue would vote on it anyways.
IMO the government has embraced far too little technology in the legislative process. Transparency in terms of openness of the law and changes made to it(see some European countries using git), as well as truly enabling the concept of one vote per person on an issue(instead of counting towards an aggregate) could do leaps and bounds for actual representation of the people.