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    Default Re: Weighted democracy (cumulative voting)

    Quote Originally Posted by Viking View Post
    This topic is about splitting the vote, which is something you do when you do not have a favourite. It's about being able to vote according to my own preferences without having to implicitly endorse the entire package that any political party comes up with (but it would still perfectly possible to not split one's vote).
    It will make the counting of votes too complicated. And it would be difficult to explain the system (and its expediency) to an average citizen and even more difficult to assure him there were no voting frauds if this system gets implemented.

    Quote Originally Posted by Viking View Post
    It's a small step closer to direct democracy, where we in theory could vote for every single policy decision separately.
    Considering the number of such decisions we might as well live at the polling station or have one at each residence.
    Last edited by Gilrandir; 03-14-2016 at 14:28.
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