> From: MIKE OSSIPOFF <[email protected]> > I'm sure that delegation would be great. It's part of my direct democracy > proposal > that I posted here. Ballots could be identified by an anonymous voter ID > number. A voter > could indicate that, on any issue or election on which s/he doesn't vote, hir > voting power > would go to a delegate priorly designated by hir. S/he, in fact, could > designate a ranking of delegates, > so that, for instance, if hir 1st delegate doens't vote on a question, hir > voting power would go to hir > next-ranked delegate. Or, alternatively, if s/he chooses, s/he could indicate > that s/he wants her > voting power, in such instance, to follow the delegation ranking designated > by that delegate of hirs.
MIke, I like your idea and the way you use s/he and hir. Why not make the idea better yet? Allow all voters to select a different representative for each issue of interest to the voter, so that one rep might be tasked to vote on environmental issues, another on education issues, and perhaps another on foreign trade treaty issues or on judicial appointments.... A voter could simply select a person to vote on all issues, or select separate persons for different issues. I guess a potential problem with this is that some issues overlap and Congress would have to stop the horsetrading process of throwing dozens of unrelated things into the same bill. > > I posted that proposal some years ago. Look for it by searching for "Direct > Democracy, Ossipoff" > > or "Proxy Direct Democracy", or "Proxy Direct Democracy, Ossipoff". > Kathy Dopp http://electionmathematics.org Town of Colonie, NY 12304 "One of the best ways to keep any conversation civil is to support the discussion with true facts." "Renewable energy is homeland security." Fundamentals of Verifiable Elections http://kathydopp.com/wordpress/?p=174 View some of my research on my SSRN Author page: http://ssrn.com/author=1451051 ---- Election-Methods mailing list - see http://electorama.com/em for list info
