Nov 10, 2009
Oregon has an interesting solution.
Similarly, on the drive home from CT, I was irritated by the lack of power the people had to present legislative change. The governed are so estranging, electing a candidate (without instant runoff) who chooses the issue —a politically safe and usually “wedge” issue. There is no say. Ignoring majority tyranny, the solution to this would be in the jury analogy. Randomly select a number of the governed (without any prerequisite e.g. age, criminal record) to purpose changes that are then introduced to legislation. Gravel (the pentagon papers guy) has had something bigger in the cooker for a while:The natiaonal Initiative for democracy (NI4D) [wiki home].
Registered votes can vote for it here: https://votep2.us/login.php .
Jury analogy for legislation
When I voted for the two items on the county ballot, I felt uninformed and useless. I shouldn’t have voted. Why was there no literature in the area to explain if inmates working for non-profits was extortion or rehabilitation? And, would it have been unfair to have more detail about the land trade between state and utility company?Oregon has an interesting solution.
Similarly, on the drive home from CT, I was irritated by the lack of power the people had to present legislative change. The governed are so estranging, electing a candidate (without instant runoff) who chooses the issue —a politically safe and usually “wedge” issue. There is no say. Ignoring majority tyranny, the solution to this would be in the jury analogy. Randomly select a number of the governed (without any prerequisite e.g. age, criminal record) to purpose changes that are then introduced to legislation. Gravel (the pentagon papers guy) has had something bigger in the cooker for a while:The natiaonal Initiative for democracy (NI4D) [wiki home].
Registered votes can vote for it here: https://votep2.us/login.php .
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