Re:“A Horrifically Bad Idea”: Smartphone Voting Is Coming
by adrianN on Wednesday November 07, 2018 @10:49AM
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Jesus no. Even full time politicians don't have the time to read all the bills they vote on. You really don't want to reduce complex legislation to single sentence statements that casuals can vote on in between checking their Facebook feeds. See Brexit for an example how that would turn out.
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Re:“A Horrifically Bad Idea”: Smartphone Voting Is Coming
by macintux on Wednesday November 07, 2018 @11:54AM
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Imagine the vast quantities of money that would be spent on advertising, on both sides of every single bill.
Re:“A Horrifically Bad Idea”: Smartphone Voting Is Coming
by pbhjpbhj on Wednesday November 07, 2018 @03:28PM
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In the UK many "full time politicians" have 2 or 3 other jobs (that would be full-time for other people). Things like working on the board of large companies, being a columnist.
I guess if you're being told by lobbyists what to vote you don't need to take time ...
Re:“A Horrifically Bad Idea”: Smartphone Voting Is Coming
by tomjen3 on Wednesday November 07, 2018 @11:54AM
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You don't need to read the bills, you just need somebody to check if there are any mines in them. You can find some who share your political views.
Re:“A Horrifically Bad Idea”: Smartphone Voting Is Coming
by adrianN on Wednesday November 07, 2018 @12:14PM
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You could call those people your "representatives" and even defer your vote to them!
Re:“A Horrifically Bad Idea”: Smartphone Voting Is Coming
by tomjen3 on Wednesday November 07, 2018 @05:10PM
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I don't want to defer my votes to them, I want to be able to, at all times, change my decision.
Re:“A Horrifically Bad Idea”: Smartphone Voting Is Coming
by icebraining on Wednesday November 07, 2018 @12:13PM
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See Brexit for an example how that would turn out.
And see the UK support for the Iraq War for an example of the reverse.
What's the death toll of Brexit?