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* Should delegation be transitive? i.e. I delegate my vote to X who delegates her vote to Y, who delegates her vote to Z, so I delegate my vote to Z. | * Should delegation be transitive? i.e. I delegate my vote to X who delegates her vote to Y, who delegates her vote to Z, so I delegate my vote to Z. | ||
| + | ** For: you trusted Y, whatever his decision, so you should trust his decision to delegate as well. | ||
* Should delegates receive a compensation for their work? | * Should delegates receive a compensation for their work? | ||
** For: this will provide an incentive for people to invest time in studying law proposals | ** For: this will provide an incentive for people to invest time in studying law proposals | ||
** Against: This will leave the door open to professional politician who can abuse the system | ** Against: This will leave the door open to professional politician who can abuse the system | ||
* Should there be a limit to the number of votes a delegate can gather? | * Should there be a limit to the number of votes a delegate can gather? | ||
| + | ** Against: people should have the freedom to vote whatever they want | ||
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| + | == Axioms for a democratic decision making system == | ||
| + | * Nobody has more decision-making power than anybody else | ||
| + | * The threshold to perform any action in the system needs to be as low as possible | ||
| + | * Everybody needs to be able to make and vote any proposal | ||
| + | * The freedom to do what you want with your vote needs to be as unlimited as possible. | ||
| + | * The final result needs to reflect the intentions of the voters as much as possible. | ||
| + | * Nobody can gain more influence on the final result through strategic proposals or voting. | ||
| + | * You have to be able to verify what happend to your vote. | ||
| + | * Every voting needs to be verifiable. | ||
| + | * Everybody has the right to remain anonymous. | ||
Revision as of 22:11, 8 August 2012
Contents
Basic definition
Permanent direct democracy with proxy voting.
Permanent: 24/7, not restricted to once every 4 years
Direct: citizens have the possibility to propose new law proposals and vote on law proposals by themselves, without the need for an elected representative
Democracy: legislative power of the citizens (citizen sovereignty)
Proxy voting: any citizen may delegate her vote to whom she wishes, change delegate anytime, or vote herself whenever she wants to.
Outstanding questions
Principles
- How about the formation of a government? How about executive power?
- What would be the role of sortition ("tirage au sort") and deliberative democracy?
- Do we need other institutions than just the citizens voting on law proposals (e.g. a judicial committee to write law proposals in judicial language, an "expert" committee to provide advices and opinions on law proposals, etc...).
Technical details
- Should delegation be transitive? i.e. I delegate my vote to X who delegates her vote to Y, who delegates her vote to Z, so I delegate my vote to Z.
- For: you trusted Y, whatever his decision, so you should trust his decision to delegate as well.
- Should delegates receive a compensation for their work?
- For: this will provide an incentive for people to invest time in studying law proposals
- Against: This will leave the door open to professional politician who can abuse the system
- Should there be a limit to the number of votes a delegate can gather?
- Against: people should have the freedom to vote whatever they want
Axioms for a democratic decision making system
- Nobody has more decision-making power than anybody else
- The threshold to perform any action in the system needs to be as low as possible
- Everybody needs to be able to make and vote any proposal
- The freedom to do what you want with your vote needs to be as unlimited as possible.
- The final result needs to reflect the intentions of the voters as much as possible.
- Nobody can gain more influence on the final result through strategic proposals or voting.
- You have to be able to verify what happend to your vote.
- Every voting needs to be verifiable.
- Everybody has the right to remain anonymous.
