Flux explained
https://voteflux.org/about/
Flux is a gateway Australians can use, to participate directly in parliament,
More a celebration of democracy than a political party. Really you’re the
brains of this operation. Flux is the tool Australians can use to directly
participate in parliament. Flux is a party come election time but once we have
elected MP’s and senators that’s where the difference begins. Your Flux
representatives give up their autonomy and vote according to people. They cast
their votes in line with the outcomes produced by the Flux ecosystem comprised
of ordinary Aussies like you.
It’s still democracy, it’s just Governance 2.0
Flux will operate in the form of an app you can access from your computer or
smartphone. You’ll be given a vote on every bill put before Federal Parliament,
and can use that vote immediately on the issue at hand, give it to a trusted
third party to cast on your behalf, or save it for an issue you care more
passionately about later. It won’t matter where politicians stand when the
floor is yours
Flux as a party is a vehicle for driving this systemic political change, with
no policy platform beyond parliamentary reform. Flux is a tool for changing how
policy is shaped. It will allow more voices to join the conversation, empower
specialists to become politically involved in their fields, and grant
Australians direct access to producing better policy for a better Australia.
The Flux voting system explained
1. Get your vote. Flux is egalitarian. Every Australian citizen enrolled in
Flux receives one vote for each bill before parliament.
2. Swap your vote. Swap away your votes on issues you don't care about, for a
credit you can use on issues you do. Our software makes this easy.
3. Cast your vote. Flux Representatives will vote proportionally to how Flux
participants vote. This is where you make your voice heard.
Don't feel like scrutinising every bill before parliament?
We thought you might say that. There are two other options:
1. Give your votes to someone else.
Each of us has a special set of skills, talents and passions. For
governance, this means that some of us are best suited to making decisions on
specific things, which is why Flux allows participants the option to pass their
voting power to someone they trust, whom they feel is better able to cast their
vote. This could be a friend, a community organisation, an activist or even one
of the established political parties. This is what we call democracy - the
choice is yours.
If you change your mind about who you've given your vote to, you're free to
take it back at any time. Until now, giving your vote to a traditional
politician at the ballot box means they can walk away with it, and betray the
values on which they were elected. When that happens, you've wasted that vote,
and there's not a lot you can do about it.
2. Accumulate political capital.
Because each of us is unique, we all value different aspects of public life
differently. Flux recognises this by allowing participants to trade away their
votes on issues they don’t value, and save the political capital for those they
do! Cast your votes for the issues most important to you and your community.
Nine reasons why the Flux voting system will be great
1. Empower specialists
Good policy is informed by policy expertise. Flux will enable specialists and
experts, with the support of the Australian people, to meaningfully impact
policy in their fields, in a way they never have before.
2. Built in progress through trade
Growing trade in resources is one of the main drivers of growing prosperity.
Flux brings this logic to the political arena, by encouraging participants to
focus on the areas of politics they're most passionate about.
3. Votes you can trust
Our voting system isn’t run from a central server at party HQ. It is
distributed across a public network, much like how Bitcoin works. This is a
public ledger where anyone can verify that every vote is above board.
4. Stops backroom deals
By distributing power away from brokers, middle men and party rooms, Flux makes
backroom deals difficult and ineffective. Instead of convincing political
operatives, lobbyists will have to convince us, the Australian people.
5. Better legislation
By harnessing the power of opportunity cost and comparitive advantage,
specialists will be allowed to produce better legislation than generalists,
like your local member. Our process makes it easier for good legislation,
backed by Australia’s best and brightest, to rise to the top.
6. Empower voters
Flux lets passionate Australians become fully involved in the political
process, and to focus on the issues they care most about, and are best suited
to impact. This means ordinary Aussies can set about solving the problems in
their own communities.
7. Encourages criticism and debate
Flux encourages a culture of criticism. Voters examine new policy before it's
enacted. Our process demands that policy options can withstand rigorous
criticism from many perspectives in society.
8. Ends corruption
Shadowy lobbyists for the big banks and corporations are going to hate Flux.
Instead of wandering parliament corridors to win over Canberra insiders,
they'll have to persuade ordinary people, the way it should be.
9. A launchpad for ideas
Flux encourages Australians to bring their great ideas for their communities to
the political arena. You won’t have to be a powerful political organisation to
innovate for Australia's benefit.
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