DISCUSSION ON HOW TO PROMOTE DIRECT (TRUE) DEMOCRACY | |
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I propose WDDM endorse Mike Gravel in his bid for the US Presidency.
Here's what Wikipedia says about his campaign:
"His campaign is based primarily on his ardent support for direct democracy (the National Initiative)...."
While no one but Mike has taken on direct democracy, I note that Dennis Kucinich has an electoral reform campaign plank called Instant-runoff voting (IRV). IRV is:
"a voting system used for single winner elections in which voters rank candidates in order of preference. In an IRV election, if no candidate receives an overall majority of first preferences, the candidates with fewest votes are eliminated one by one, and their votes transferred according to their second and third preferences (and so on) and all votes retallied, until one candidate achieves a majority. The term 'instant runoff voting' is used because this process resembles a series of run-off elections."
I'd like to take this endorsement proposal to the membership as an initiative. The process under the charter for business initiatives is:
1. This posting which is really just a heads up and an opportunity for WDDM leadership to add your 'two cents' early on.
2. Based on your opinion and suggestions I'll post a proposal on the general discussion board. If it receives a few seconds I'll post it as a motion for a vote.
3. Or perhaps rather than doing most of this work on the WDDM board, I'd be delighted to 'try out' the Enitiatives board for deliberation and decision on this question. Nico, what do you say?
Mark