DO you have any direct Democracy where you live?

Poll - Total Votes: 5

We have this in,.....(answer Below)

silly idea,, people are too dumb to make their own laws

I would like this where I live

dont think it is meaningful

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You can only vote on one answer.

Referendums, are a great tool, where i live, we have written laws and voted in them, some are quite controversial, but at least our voices are not just heard,, but actualized

Consider Oklahoma ( not my state) where in spite of being in the Buckle of the Bible belt
and Darn near a RedHat Reservation, they voted to PASS marijuana access
Just when you think you know a place!

do you have any tool for direct democracy where you Live or not,

do you think it is a good idea?

thanks for the Reply

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DeWayfarer · 61-69, M

California's ballot only has one proposition this coming election that we will vote on. This is actually weird there's only one. But it's a humongous proposition. More like a book.

Good or bad? Hmmm. None will likely understand the true purpose of this proposition. It's that big.

I don't remember many propositions that are this big. So I suspect it will fail. It does make the state government far bigger and takes away power from the local governments.

SatyrService · M

@DeWayfarer if the supporters want it to win, the MUST make it easy to understand
TLDR guarantees its failure

what is it about?

whowasthatmaskedman · 70-79, M

@DeWayfarer There are two elements you do need to be able to tease out. First, who is paying for whatever it is. Second. Who is getting the money..😷

SatyrService · M

@whowasthatmaskedman Cui Bono! indeed
what would the item do? what would Change!

whowasthatmaskedman · 70-79, M

@SatyrService Well those are secondary. You have to know how much it costs and who gets the cash before you can decide if youn want it done by them at that price..Going back a lot of years now, one of our Prime Ministers (A staunch Catholic) decided to award a health dept family planning counselling contract to a non profit set up by the Catholic church,,.😷

SatyrService · M

@whowasthatmaskedman i might want a thing for my local laws, that might be sponsored by those I disagree with
but where I live the backing is revealed as part of the process

whowasthatmaskedman · 70-79, M

@SatyrService This is where it starts to get technical and personal. Personally I dig into an issue and what it means to me and those around me. Some go with "What would Jesus do?" while others go "My country, right or wrong."😷