Jan Bhagidari : a
LIQUID democracy ?
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Our PM , Shri Modiji has
been talking of “ Subka Saath
- Subka Vikas “ for a long time and exhorting citizens
to send in their suggestions for improving governance
Half way around the world , in far off
city of Boulder ( Colorado – USA ) , Camilo Casas says , if elected to
the city council , he will not make any
decision by himself.
Instead, he plans to
put that power in the hands of the people via a liquid democracy app called Parti.Vote. ( http://www.parti.vote/
)
The idea is that
instead of simply hoping their elected representatives support their
stance on issues, citizens
will be empowered to directly affect policy-making by voting through the app.
If Casas were to be
elected, citizens of Boulder would sign up for the app online, with Casas’ team
vetting each person to prevent fraud.
Casas would then vote
according to how the people in the community did through the app. For example, if more
than 50 per cent voted “yes” on an issue or policy, Casas would vote the same
way, regardless of his
personal stance on the issue.
Only when the citizen
votes resulted in a tie would he be forced to decide based on his own beliefs.
For details of how
Camilo plans to implement this , what he calls , “ Liquid Democracy “ , read :
If , Shri Modiji – who is also the
architect of JAM trinity ( Jan Dhan Bank accounts / Aadhar ID card / Mobile
Apps ) – wants to translate his “ Subka Saath ,
Subka Vikas “ into an instrument of Jan
Bhagidari , then I urge him to ask NITI Aayog and the concerned
Ministries to implement the following suggestions ( earlier sent as emails ) :
VotesApp
[ 15 Aug 2013 ]
I
SIN > < U SIN [ 18 Aug 2013 ]
ROMP
[ 06 Aug 2015 ]
What
are the chances ? [ 18 May 2014 ]
Constructive
Criticism ? [ 28
May 2017 ]
Be
Aware / Beware ! [ 30 Aug 2016
]
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