Roy Daine,

I agree that it would be appropriate if people are enabled to make known their preferences on matters that concern them and not on every issue. The representative should be trustworthy (selfless) enough to take decisions on behalf of the people and for this the 'Active Democracy' (Troika) method of electing candidates would be ideal.

My interest in Daniel Rosen's "America Vote Direct" mechanism is that once the 'Active Democracy' method is being tried on the ground, it can be made known (as a further merit to it) that the elected person would use a mechanism similar to the 'vote direct' one so that the elected person would be in direct touch with those who elected him and would have a constant understanding of their preferences on various issues.

PVR