I’d forgotten about that. It’s certainly something to consider but may be a better fit in the Citizen’s Initiatives policy. Personally I’m with Antony Green on the issue - you need to be able to show the legitimacy of the result, otherwise it’s all pointless. For electing governments, a task that’s done infrequently, there’s value in sticking to low tech, well tested, easy to verify solutions. But for citizen initiated votes and other direct democracy measures that could happen a lot more often, convenience rises in importance.
(Not a fan of Aust Post’s analogies about it, btw.)
Yeah, the main problem I want to see addressed is how the results of who gets into parliament don’t match up very well with how people vote. Along with whatever peripheral issues get brought up.
More people thinking on the subject is always good.
Started sketching out notes on the subject on Etherpad just now, additions welcome and all that:
Pirate Party Australia Etherpad (@Jesse_Hermans)
That reminds me, still have to email them over that…