A program for direct and proxy voting in the legislative process
A program for direct and proxy voting in the legislative process
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立法过程中的直接投票和代理投票计划
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1969
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James C. Miller
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James C. Miller
ConclusionThis本文认为，不断变化的技术增加了选民参与立法过程的机会，并提出了一项建议，利用这种可能性。我们的目标并不是批评我们目前的立法投票安排，而是为未来提出一个可能证明上级的替代方案。新左派对“建制派”犹豫不决，保守派对“自由派”感到沮丧。直接参与将在很大程度上解决这些问题，绕过中间人，允许选民或选民代理人直接批准所有立法。如果我们接受这样的原则，即在宪法保障下，合格的个人应该尽可能民主和直接地决定影响其个人和公司福利的决定，那么未来将有机会提高集体行动的效率。
ConclusionThis paper has argued that changing technology has increased opportunities for voter participation in the legislative process and has presented a proposal which takes some advantage of such possibilities. The objective has not been so much to criticize our present legislative voting arrangement, but to suggest for the future an alternative that might prove superior.The New Left balks at the “establishment”, and conservatives look with dismay upon the “liberal clique”. Direct participation largely would solve these problems, by-passing intermediaries and allowing direct voter or voter-proxy approval of all legislation. If we accept the principal that, with constitutional guarantees, qualified individuals should determine as democratically and as directly as possible the decisions that affect their personal and corporate welfare, then the future holds opportunities for greater efficiency in collective action.