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pretty cool idea although you need to make a way so that only the constituents get to vote. Senators/Reps are there to represent their state/district, not the
by vaksel 17y ago
pretty cool idea
although you need to make a way so that only the constituents get to vote. Senators/Reps are there to represent their state/district, not the overall U.S. population
And since the thing will be online, you don't know whether foreigners are screwing the polls
- tkiley 17y agoGood point. Members of congress are supposed to represent their voting district; unfortunately, this has fallen by the wayside, and now each member of congress represents a party, an army of campaign contributors and lobbyists, a set of political ambitions, and occasionally the people of the district as well. I covet a congressperson who never acts based on future political ambitions or campaign contributions; it seems like this is a backhanded way to accomplish that goal.
- modoc 17y agoFrankly having a congressperson who represented the US population, would be a step up from one who represents their campaign contributors/lobbyists/etc... (yes, I'm aware that the demographic of people who are online will skew the results, and that actually I probably DON'T want individual citizens voting on every issue (I don't trust folks to be well informed or intelligent) but this would be a good step forward, imho)