DEMOCRACY MEANS VOTING DIRECTLY ON POLICIES
NOT ON POLITICIANS.
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The Bush/Gore vote-counting fiasco in Florida revealed the inadequacy of antiquated voting by paper ballot.
Why vote by paper ballot and not by a magnetic card ?
Voting by magnetic cards is simpler, faster, safer, and more reliable.
Counting is immediate, automatic, and foolproof.
All it requires is issuing magnetic voting cards to voters, setting up voting terminals, and a central computer to count votes from terminals.
All this costs less than a squadron of F-16 planes.
When counting is immediate people can vote directly on POLICIES rather than on POLITICIANS.
Voting on POLICIES - not Rule by Representatives - is genuine democracy.
Voting directly on policies minimizes corruption and costs of governance.
Voting on policies is NOT A REFERENDUM if voters propose policies.
Using TV to discuss proposals citizens can phone-in their proposals.
Panels of experts, drawn by LOTTERY, can discuss proposals, and answer questions and criticism phoned-in by the public.
TV discussions followed by a first round of voting selects a few proposals.
Repeating this will select those due for a final vote.
Voting on policies should also be applied at Work, Education, and Family.
Voting on policies will change people's political apathy and selfishness induced by Rule of Representatives. Deciding directly what society should do makes people concerned about society, and responsible for it.
Demand your right to vote directly on policies,
not on politicians.