Quote Originally Posted by Hamishlacastle View Post
DIRECT DEMOCRACY IS THE SIMPLE SOLUTION.if the banks have the technology to protect my identity the government should be able to duplicate this. What I propose is simply that every citizen can vote on all government
business from their home computer or a library one. They would have a secure ID that only they can use. the elected
representatives would be expected to inform us on issues. we can vote on all government legislation thro DIRECT DEMOCRACY. Also there would be a summary page of upcoming business of the day which we can choose which we prefer to vote on.
I'm not sure about voting directly on every issue, but we could certainly do with a lot more direct democracy - in particular, something like California and Switzerland's initiative process: get enough voters to endorse a question, it gets put directly to the electorate in a referendum, the results of which will be binding on the government. In the same way the threat of a Presidential veto can be enough to influence legislative actions, just having the option of overruling the legislature if it gets out of line would be a positive influence.