Forum Post: how about a test..
Posted 12 years ago on Nov. 2, 2011, 5:43 p.m. EST by ithink
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from York, PA
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how about a push for just one nationwide direct vote "test".. If a forum for such a vote was set up, even if the outcome did not directly effect anything at all.. at least there would be solid numbers to back real issues. For example: "79% of America in favor of eliminating corporate lobbying power"
post this as an issue to be developed into a solution and then Voted on as the Public Mandate
Issues http://uponlocal.com/up-on-local-media/node/add/issue
Solution http://uponlocal.com/up-on-local-media/node/add/solutions
that system has been up for over a week now
www.uponlocal.com
Full Direct Democracy Voting system
Need: Board Members. Volunteers, Code Monitors
and
Candidates
http://uponlocal.com/up-on-local-media/node/add/candidate
Nice.. looks pretty good. A lot to explore there. Thanks!
That would by a poll, we have those.
That's what they say.. but I have never been asked to participate in a poll. It would be interesting to see just how many people have..
It usually is a fairly small percentage. As good as direct democracy sounds, it would probably be difficult for everyone to be informed enough about every minor issue to vote intelligently. It's a good idea to research how direct democracy worked in Greece way back when, and why it was finally abandoned.
True. I am not advocating that direct vote replace of the current system. However, I do see value in such a forum to help people educate themselves on the issues that do matter to them. Also, I think that these numbers are important to the people who have the power in this country to actually put change in effect - both on wall street and in Washington.
I can agree with that.